As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2000
Registration No. 2-75661
File No. 811-3379
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 X
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 X
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Amendment No. 25
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
625 Second Street, Suite 102, Petaluma, California 94952
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code (707) 778-1000
TERRY COXON, 625 Second Street, Suite 102, Petaluma, CA 94952
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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Copies to:
ROBERT B. MARTIN, JR., ESQ., 625 Second Street, Suite 102, Petaluma, CA 94952
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
appropriate box), and that the approximate date of commencement of proposed sale
to the public will be as soon as practicable after:
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on ______________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of rule 485
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The Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of such securities under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2, and the Notice thereunder for its
most recent fiscal year was filed with the Commission on March 28, 2000.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
Cross Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 404
Between Items of Part A of Form N-1A and the Prospectus
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1. Front and Back Cover Pages........................ Front and Back Cover Pages
2. Risk / Return Summary:
Investments, Risks and Performance.............. Risk / Return Summary
3. Risk / Return Summary: Fee Table.................. Pro-Forma Expense Table
4. Investment Objectives, Principal
Investment Strategies and Related Risks......... Cover Page;
Objectives and Policies;
The Four Portfolios;
The Four Portfolios-Risk Factors and Special
Considerations
5. Management's Discussion of Fund Performance....... Financial Statements
6. Management, Organization and
Capital Structure.............................. Management
7. Shareholder Information........................... Objectives and Policies;
Distributions and Taxes;
Computation of Net Asset Values;
Purchase of Shares from the Fund;
Redemption of Shares by the Fund;
Shareholder Account Services and Privileges;
Service Charges
8. Distribution Arrangements......................... Purchase of Shares from the Fund
9. Financial Highlights Information.................. Financial Highlights
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
Cross Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 404
Between Items of Part B of Form N-1A and the Statement of Additional Information
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Caption in Statement of Additional
Item Number and Caption of Part B of Form N-1A Information
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10. Cover Page and Table of Contents.................. Cover Page;
Table of Contents
11. Fund History...................................... Organization and Management-Fund History
12. Description of the Fund and its Investments and
Risks.......................................... Objectives and Policies
13. Management of the Fund............................ Organization and Management
14. Control Persons and Principal Holders of
Securities..................................... Organization and Management-
Share Ownership
15. Investment Advisory and Other Services............ Organization and Management;
Transfer and Dividend-Disbursing Agent;
Custodian
16. Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices.......... Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage
17. Capital Stock and Other Securities................ General Information
18. Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares........ Computation of Net Asset Values;
Purchase of Shares from the Fund;
Redemption of Shares by the Fund
19. Taxation of the Fund.............................. Distributions and Taxes;
Redemption of Shares by the Fund - Tax
Consequences of In-Kind Redemptions
20. Underwriters...................................... Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage;
General Information-Capitalization
21. Calculation of Performance Data................... General Information-Calculations of
Performance Data;
General Information-After-Tax Returns
22. Financial Statements.............................. Financial Statements
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PROSPECTUS May 30, 2000
The
PERMANENT
PORTFOLIO
Family of Funds
(707) 778-1000
625 Second Street * Petaluma, California 94952
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Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc. (the "Fund") is a mutual fund that
contains four separate "Portfolios," each with its own separate investment
policy. Investors may invest in any one or in any combination of the Portfolios.
The Fund's four Portfolios are:
The Permanent Portfolio, which invests a fixed Target Percentage of its net
assets in gold, silver, Swiss franc assets, stocks of real estate and natural
resource companies, aggressive growth stocks and dollar assets such as U.S.
Treasury bills and bonds.
The Treasury Bill Portfolio, which invests in short-term U.S. Treasury bills
and notes.
The Versatile Bond Portfolio, which invests in a diversified portfolio of
short-term (remaining maturity of 24 months or less) corporate bonds rated "A"
or higher by Standard & Poor's.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio, which invests in stocks and stock warrants of
U.S. companies selected for high profit potential.
The Fund is a no-load fund. Investors may purchase and redeem shares in any
Portfolio directly with the Fund without payment of commission.
This Prospectus is designed to provide you with information you should know
before investing in any of the Fund's Portfolios. You should read this entire
document and retain it for future reference.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, nor has the Commission passed upon the adequacy or accuracy
of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RISK / RETURN SUMMARY..........................................................i
BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE TABLES..............................................iv
Permanent Portfolio........................................................iv
Treasury Bill Portfolio.....................................................v
Versatile Bond Portfolio...................................................vi
Aggressive Growth Portfolio...............................................vii
PRO-FORMA EXPENSE TABLE.....................................................viii
SUMMARY OF OTHER FEATURES.....................................................ix
OPTIONAL SERVICES AND CHARGES.................................................xi
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS...........................................................1
Permanent Portfolio.........................................................1
Treasury Bill Portfolio.....................................................2
Versatile Bond Portfolio....................................................3
Aggressive Growth Portfolio.................................................4
OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES........................................................5
Tax Planning................................................................5
Dividends and Tax Planning..................................................5
THE FOUR PORTFOLIOS............................................................5
Permanent Portfolio.........................................................6
Treasury Bill Portfolio.....................................................7
Versatile Bond Portfolio....................................................8
Aggressive Growth Portfolio.................................................8
Risk Factors and Special Considerations.....................................9
MANAGEMENT....................................................................13
Investment Adviser.........................................................13
CONSULTANTS...................................................................14
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES.......................................................15
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUES...............................................16
PURCHASE OF SHARES FROM THE FUND..............................................16
REDEMPTION OF SHARES BY THE FUND..............................................17
Written Redemption Requests................................................17
Telephone Redemption Requests..............................................18
Redemption Limitations.....................................................18
SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNT SERVICES AND PRIVILEGES...................................19
Automatic Investment Program...............................................19
Portfolio Switching........................................................19
Automatic Reinvestment.....................................................19
Systematic Withdrawal Program..............................................19
Individual Retirement Account Plan.........................................20
Check Redemptions - Treasury Bill Portfolio and
Versatile Bond Portfolio Only...........................................20
Limitations................................................................21
SERVICE CHARGES...............................................................21
CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND-DISBURSING AGENT.......................22
REPORTS.......................................................................22
Advertising................................................................22
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RISK / RETURN SUMMARY
This Summary describes the features of an investment in the Fund. Please
read the entire Prospectus for more complete information before you invest.
Investment Objectives, Principal Strategies and Risks
The Fund is a no-load, diversified management investment company consisting
of four Portfolios: Permanent Portfolio, Treasury Bill Portfolio, Versatile Bond
Portfolio and Aggressive Growth Portfolio. Each of the Fund's four Portfolios
has a separate investment policy and separate investment objectives or goals.
Each Portfolio follows the strategy of undertaking, where practicable, to
minimize or defer the recognition of taxable income by its shareholders.
There is, of course, no assurance that any Portfolio will achieve its
objective. Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund, especially in the
case of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio. In addition, please see "Risk Factors
and Special Considerations" for a description of the investments held by each
Portfolio and the risks that would attend an isolated purchase of any one of
those investments.
Permanent Portfolio
The objective of the Fund's Permanent Portfolio is to preserve and increase
the purchasing power value of its shares over the long term. It's strategy is to
invest a fixed Target Percentage of its net assets in gold, silver, Swiss franc
assets, stocks of real estate and natural resource companies, aggressive growth
stocks and dollar assets such as U.S. Treasury bills and bonds. To maintain the
Portfolio's Target Percentages, the Permanent Portfolio invests in gold and
silver bullion and bullion-type coins, Swiss franc denominated deposits and
Swiss government bonds, stocks of companies whose assets consist primarily of
real estate and natural resources such as oil and minerals, stock warrants and
volatile stocks of the types in which the Aggressive Growth Portfolio may invest
and high grade, short term bills and bonds of the types in which the Treasury
Bill Portfolio and Versatile Bond Portfolio may invest.
Prices of gold, silver, stocks and stock warrants are subject to market
risk and have experienced wide fluctuations from time to time. Prices of U.S.
Treasury bills and bonds and short-term corporate bonds are also subject to
market risk and decrease when prevailing interest rates rise. Short-term
corporate bonds are also subject to some risk of default. Viewed in isolation,
some of these assets, such as gold, stock warrants and long-term bonds would be
considered highly speculative. However, the Fund's management believes that the
various investments are subject to different (and, in some cases, contrary)
risks, so that the value of the Permanent Portfolio's investments in the
aggregate will be subject to less risk, over the long term, than the risk
associated with any one of the investments taken by itself.
Even if the Permanent Portfolio does achieve its objective over the long
term, it is subject to the risk of suffering substantial short-term losses from
time to time, since investment prices generally respond to changes in the
pattern of inflation with lags and delays that are impossible to foresee.
Treasury Bill Portfolio
The objective of the Fund's Treasury Bill Portfolio is to earn high current
income for the Portfolio, consistent with safety of principal. It's strategy is
to invest at least 80% of its assets in short-term U.S. Treasury bills and
notes. It also invests in U.S. Treasury bonds and notes having a remaining
maturity of thirteen months or less. The Treasury Bill Portfolio, unlike most
money market funds (which distribute their investment income daily and maintain
a constant net asset value per share), follows a dividend policy that permits
(but does not assure) its net asset value per share to rise. An investment in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio is subject to the risk of market changes in prices
and yields of short-term U.S. Treasury securities. Prices of short-term U.S.
Treasury securities like those that the Portfolio invests in go down when
prevailing interest rates rise.
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Versatile Bond Portfolio
The objective of the Fund's Versatile Bond Portfolio is to earn high
current income for the Portfolio, while limiting risk to principal. It's
strategy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of corporate bonds rated "A" or
higher by Standard & Poor's and having a remaining maturity of 24 months or
less. An investment in the Versatile Bond Portfolio is subject to the risk of
market changes in prices and yields of short-term corporate bonds. Prices of
short-term corporate bonds go down when prevailing interest rates rise. Such
price changes generally are smaller than changes in the prices of long-term
corporate, municipal or U.S. Treasury bonds. Also, corporate bonds generally are
not guaranteed by any government agency and are subject to the risk of default.
Unlike most short-term bond funds that pay out dividends periodically, the
Versatile Bond Portfolio follows a dividend policy that permits (but does not
assure) its net asset value per share to rise.
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The objective of the Fund's Aggressive Growth Portfolio is to achieve high
(greater than for the stock market as a whole), long-term appreciation in the
value of its shares. It's strategy is to invest in stocks and stock warrants of
U.S. companies selected by the Investment Adviser for high profit potential. The
Investment Adviser seeks to select stocks that are expected to have higher price
volatility than the stock market as a whole, including stocks of companies in
high technology industries, companies developing or exploiting new products or
services and companies whose shares are valued primarily for potential growth in
earnings, dividends or asset values. While such investments are expected by the
Investment Adviser to have the potential to appreciate more rapidly than stock
market investments in general, they also are subject to greater market risk of
price declines, especially during periods when the prices of U.S. stock market
investments in general are declining.
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BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE TABLES
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Permanent Portfolio
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in
the Permanent Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's performance from
year to year over the last ten calendar years and by showing how the Portfolio's
average annual total returns for the one, five and ten year periods ended
December 31, 1999 compare to the performance of three-month U.S. Treasury bills.
The bar chart assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, deduction
of all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee. How the Permanent Portfolio has performed
in the past is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the
future.
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During the ten years shown in the bar chart above, the Permanent Portfolio's
highest return during one calendar quarter was 7.86% (quarter ending September
30, 1997) and its lowest return during one calendar quarter was -3.18% (quarter
ending March 31, 1997). The Permanent Portfolio's year-to-date return through
the latest calendar quarter was 3.20% (quarter ending March 31, 2000).
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 1999)
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Past 1 Year Past 5 Years Past 10 Years
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Permanent Portfolio...... 1.10% 5.29% 4.41%
U.S. Treasury bills*..... 4.78% 5.16% 5.00%
* Three-month U.S. Treasury bills are short-term loans to the U.S. Government
with a maturity of three months. Treasury bills are full-faith-and-credit
obligations of the U.S. Treasury and are generally regarded as being free
of any risk of default.
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Treasury Bill Portfolio
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's performance
from year to year over the last ten calendar years and by showing how the
Portfolio's average annual total returns for the one, five and ten year periods
ended December 31, 1999 compare to the performance of three-month U.S. Treasury
bills. The bar chart assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions,
deduction of all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee
and the $1.50 monthly account maintenance fee. How the Treasury Bill Portfolio
has performed in the past is not necessarily an indication of how it will
perform in the future.
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During the ten years shown in the bar chart above, the Treasury Bill Portfolio's
highest return during one calendar quarter was 1.80% (quarter ending March 31,
1990) and its lowest return during one calendar quarter was .38%(quarter ending
December 31, 1992).The Treasury Bill Portfolio's year-to-date return through the
latest calendar quarter was 1.06% (quarter ending March 31, 2000).
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 1999)
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Past 1 Year Past 5 Years Past 10 Years
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Treasury Bill Portfolio.. 3.67% 4.16% 4.13%
U.S. Treasury bills*..... 4.78% 5.16% 5.00%
* Three-month U.S. Treasury bills are short-term loans to the U.S. Government
with a maturity of three months. Treasury bills are full-faith-and-credit
obligations of the U.S. Treasury and are generally regarded as being free
of any risk of default.
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Versatile Bond Portfolio
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in
the Versatile Bond Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's performance
from year to year over the last eight calendar years and by showing how the
Portfolio's average annual total returns for the one, five and nine year periods
ended December 31, 1999 compare to the performance of the Salomon Smith Barney
AAA/AA 1-3 Year Corporate Index, a component of the Salomon Smith Barney Broad
Investment-Grade (BIG) Bond Index. The bar chart assumes reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions, deduction of all fees and expenses except the $35
one-time account start-up fee and the $1.50 monthly account maintenance fee. How
the Versatile Bond Portfolio has performed in the past is not necessarily an
indication of how it will perform in the future.
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During the eight years shown in the bar chart above, the Versatile Bond
Portfolio's highest return during one calendar quarter was 2.51% (quarter ending
September 30, 1992) and its lowest return during one calendar quarter was .11%
(quarter ending December 31, 1992). The Versatile Bond Portfolio's year-to-date
return through the latest calendar quarter was 1.03% (quarter ending March 31,
2000).
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 1999)
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Past 1 Year Past 5 Years Since Inception(1)
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Versatile Bond Portfolio.... 3.21% 5.06% 4.54%
Salomon Smith Barney AAA/AA
1-3 Year Corporate Index*. 3.69% 6.93% 6.44%
(1) The Versatile Bond Portfolio became effective September 27, 1991 and
commenced investment operations November 12, 1991.
* The Salomon Smith Barney AAA/AA 1-3 Year Corporate Index is a component of
the Salomon Smith Barney Broad Investment-Grade (BIG) Bond Index. It is
market-capitalization weighted and includes bonds rated AAA or AA by
Standard & Poor's or Moody's with maturities of one to three years and a
minimum amount outstanding of $100 million.
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Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in
the Aggressive Growth Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's
performance from year to year over the last ten calendar years and by showing
how the Portfolio's average annual total returns for the one, five and ten year
periods ended December 31, 1999 compare to the performance of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average. The bar chart assumes reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions, deduction of all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time
account start-up fee and the $1.50 monthly account maintenance fee. How the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio has performed in the past is not necessarily an
indication of how it will perform in the future.
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During the ten years shown in the bar chart above, the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio's highest return during one calendar quarter was 27.47% (quarter
ending December 31, 1998) and its lowest return during one calendar quarter was
-27.44% (quarter ending September 30, 1990). The Aggressive Growth Portfolio's
year-to-date return through the latest calendar quarter was 6.35% (quarter
ending March 31, 2000).
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended December 31, 1999)
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Past 1 Year Past 5 Years Past 10 Years(1)
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Aggressive Growth Portfolio... 31.53% 24.66% 17.19%
Dow Jones Industrial Average*. 25.22% 24.56% 15.47%
(1) The Aggressive Growth Portfolio became effective January 2, 1990 and
commenced investment operations May 16, 1990.
* The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an average of the stock prices of 30
large companies and represents a widely recognized unmanaged portfolio of
common stocks.
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PRO-FORMA EXPENSE TABLE
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The table below briefly describes the fees and expenses you may pay in
connection with an investment in the Fund.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
One-time account start-up fee.......................... $35.00
Optional services:
Exchange fee (Portfolio switching)..................... $ 5.00 per switch
Check redemptions
(Treasury Bill Portfolio
and Versatile Bond Portfolio only).................. $ 1.00 per check
Bank-to-bank wire transfer............................. $ 8.00 per wire
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets):
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Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
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Management fees(1).. 1.13% 1.13% 1.13% 1.13%
Other expenses
Other operating
expenses......... .34% .39% .26% .60%
Account
maintenance fees. .05% .05% .05% .05%
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Total other
expenses .39% .44% .31% .65%
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Total operating
expenses 1.52% 1.57% 1.44% 1.78%
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(1) During the year ended January 31, 2000, the Investment Adviser voluntarily
agreed to waive portions of the investment advisory (management) fee
allocable to the Treasury Bill Portfolio and to the Versatile Bond
Portfolio to the extent that the Portfolio's total investment advisory fee
would exceed an annual rate of 5/8 of 1% (0.625%), in the case of the
Treasury Bill Portfolio, or 3/4 of 1% (0.750%), in the case of the
Versatile Bond Portfolio. After fee waivers, the investment advisory fee
for the Treasury Bill Portfolio and the Versatile Bond Portfolio is
actually .63% and .75%, respectively, instead of 1.13%, and total operating
expenses are 1.07% and 1.06%, respectively. The Investment Adviser may
continue to voluntarily waive such fees, although it is not required to do
so, and reserves the right to revoke, reduce or change the waiver
prospectively upon five days written notice to the Fund.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in a
Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in a Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then
redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes
that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio's
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
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Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
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1 Year............. $ 189 $ 194 $ 181 $ 216
3 Years............ $ 514 $ 529 $ 489 $ 594
5 Years............ $ 861 $ 888 $ 819 $ 997
10 Years............ $1,842 $1,896 $1,754 $2,123
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SUMMARY OF OTHER FEATURES
Other major features of the Fund include:
* Dividends and capital gain distributions (if any) paid annually.
* Tax planning at the Fund level to minimize or defer, where practicable, the
recognition of taxable income or gains by its shareholders.
* IRA Plan.
* $1,000 minimum initial investment in any Portfolio.
* $100 minimum additional investment in any Portfolio.
* No redemption or commission charge to redeem shares directly with the Fund.
Investment and Tax Planning
The Fund was designed to provide its shareholders with a flexible tool for
their investment and tax planning. In furtherance of that purpose, each of the
Fund's four Portfolios has its own particular investment policy, and each
Portfolio may be purchased through an IRA Plan sponsored by the Fund.
Each Portfolio, to the extent consistent with its investment objectives,
arranges its investments to favor opportunities for appreciation and holds
appreciated investments for at least the minimum period required for sales of
investments to qualify for long-term capital gain treatment. In addition, each
Portfolio distributes its investment income to its shareholders as per-share
dividends only once a year and only to the extent necessary for the Portfolio to
qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, thereby avoiding corporate
federal income tax. (If a Portfolio were to distribute less than the minimum
amount required for any year, which the Fund considers unlikely, it would become
subject to federal income tax for that year.) This dividend policy may lessen a
shareholder's tax burden by deferring recognition of taxable income and/or by
permitting a greater portion of the shareholder's total return to be recognized
as a capital gain on a redemption rather than as dividends, which are taxable as
ordinary income. In the case of shares that pass to a shareholder's estate, this
dividend policy may eliminate income tax on a portion of the shareholder's total
return, due to a federal income tax provision which generally treats property
acquired from a decedent as having a tax basis equal to its fair market value at
the date of death.
For shareholders holding their shares in a Portfolio continuously for
longer than one year, the tax advantages to be achieved from the Portfolio's
dividend policy will vary depending on the amount and timing of redemptions of
shares by the Portfolio's shareholders in general. See "Objectives and
Policies," "The Four Portfolios" and "Distributions and Taxes."
Investing in the Fund
Investors may establish a Shareholder Account by sending a check ($1,000
minimum for each Portfolio in which you invest), together with a Shareholder
Account Application, to the Fund's Transfer Agent, Chase Global Funds Services
Company, P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208; please see "Purchase of
Shares from the Fund." Eligible investors may invest through the Fund's IRA
Plan. Existing shareholders may reinvest dividends and capital gain
distributions, if any, through the Fund's Automatic Reinvestment feature. See
"Shareholder Account Services and Privileges - Automatic Reinvestment."
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Redemption of Shares
A shareholder may voluntarily redeem any or all of the shares he has
purchased in a Portfolio at that Portfolio's net asset value next determined
following receipt of a properly completed redemption request by the Transfer
Agent. Redemption requests may be made in writing or by telephone. See
"Redemption of Shares by the Fund - Telephone Redemption Requests." The cash
proceeds of a telephone redemption will be sent to the shareholder's individual
bank account by check (via first class mail), or by bank-to-bank wire if
requested. Shareholders also may redeem shares in the Treasury Bill Portfolio
and in the Versatile Bond Portfolio by writing a redemption check. In addition,
the Fund offers a Systematic Withdrawal Program whereby shareholders may receive
periodic payments of a fixed amount. The Fund reserves a limited right to redeem
shares in the Permanent Portfolio in kind; see "Risk Factors and Special
Considerations - Target Percentages and In-Kind Redemptions."
Shareholders may redeem shares in one Portfolio and simultaneously reinvest
the proceeds in another Portfolio by means of a Portfolio Switch. See
"Shareholder Account Services and Privileges - Portfolio Switching."
Computation of Net Asset Values
The Fund calculates net asset values for each Portfolio each business day
at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange. All purchases and
redemptions are effected at the price based on the next calculation of net asset
value after the order is accepted.
Consultants
The Fund and the Investment Adviser have retained Harry Browne and Douglas
Casey as consultants at the expense of the Investment Adviser. The consultants
are available to the Fund's officers and Investment Adviser for discussion on
general economic conditions and other matters; they do not advise the Fund or
the Investment Adviser on the selection of specific investments.
Transfer Agent
The Fund has retained Chase Global Funds Services Company as its transfer
agent. The Fund's management believes that the Transfer Agent is well qualified
to provide shareholders with service that is timely, accurate and efficient. You
may contact the Transfer Agent to inquire about your Shareholder Account or
about the processing of your purchase and redemption requests by calling (800)
341-8900 (from Massachusetts, (617) 557-8000), or by writing to Chase Global
Funds Services Company, P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208.
Information Office
The Investor's Information Office (the "Information Office") is made
available by the Investment Adviser for the convenience of Fund shareholders. A
shareholder or other interested investor may obtain a current Prospectus,
Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), Annual and Semi-Annual Report,
Shareholder Account Application, IRA Plan booklet and forms and other
informational material by calling the Information Office at (800) 531-5142 or
(512) 453-7558, or by writing to the Information Office, P.O. Box 5847, Austin,
Texas 78763 (Fax (512) 453-2015).
After you have read the Prospectus, please contact the Information Office
if you have any questions about the policies or objectives of any of the Fund's
Portfolios. The experienced personnel at the Information Office will welcome
your inquiry.
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OPTIONAL SERVICES AND CHARGES
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Telephone redemptions .................... No charge;
no minimum redemption size;
no limit to the number of telephone
redemptions.
Automatic investment program ............. No charge.
Portfolio switching ...................... $5.00 per switch;
no limit to the number or frequency
of switches.
Automatic reinvestment ................... No charge.
Check redemptions ........................ $1.00 per check;
(Treasury Bill Portfolio and no minimum check size;
Versatile Bond Portfolio only) no limit to the number of check
redemptions.
Bank-to-bank wire transfer ............... $8.00 per wire.
Systematic withdrawal program ............ No charge.
Assistance from
Investor's Information Office
at (800) 531-5142 ........................ No charge.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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These financial highlight tables are intended to help you understand each
Portfolio's financial performance for the past five years. Certain information
reflects financial results for a single share in a Portfolio. Total returns in
the tables represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an
investment in the Portfolio (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions). This information is derived from the financial highlights in the
Fund's financial statements and has been audited for each of the years in the
four-year period ended January 31, 1999, by KPMG LLP, independent auditors, and
for the year ended January 31, 2000, by Tait, Weller & Baker, independent
auditors, whose report dated February 25, 2000, along with the Fund's financial
statements, are included in the Fund's Annual Report. The report of KPMG LLP,
dated March 12, 1999, and the report of Tait, Weller & Baker, each contain an
explanatory paragraph that states that the Securities and Exchange Commission is
involved in public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against the
Fund's Investment Adviser and one (formerly two) of the Fund's directors and
officers. See "Risk Factors and Special Considerations - Regulatory matters."
This report is available without charge from the Investor's Information Office.
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Net asset value, beginning of year $ 18.71 $ 19.08 $ 18.40 $ 18.80 $ 16.51
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (1).............. .43 .47 .37 .52 .50
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments and foreign
currencies ........................... (.64) - 1.01 (.41) 2.17
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Total income (loss) from
investment operations (.21) .47 1.38 .11 2.67
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ................ (.29) (.20) (.34) (.42) (.38)
Net realized gain on investments (2)... (.77) (.64) (.36) (.09) -
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Total distributions (1.06) (.84) (.70) (.51) (.38)
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Net asset value, end of year $ 17.44 $ 18.71 $ 19.08 $ 18.40 $ 18.80
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Total return (3) ......................... (1.11)% 2.48% 7.57% .57% 16.20%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)... $ 56,773 $ 66,855 $ 71,099 $ 72,992 $ 76,641
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets.. 1.47% 1.43% 1.91% 1.49% 1.35%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ................. 2.39% 2.48% 1.96% 2.78% 2.85%
Portfolio turnover rate ................. 23.75% 14.05% 7.66% 12.29% 9.96%
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(l) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Capital gain distribution pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Code.
(3) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Net asset value, beginning of year $ 67.97 $ 67.56 $ 67.55 $ 67.84 $ 66.40
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Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (1)(2)................ 2.51 2.72 2.69 2.84 3.22
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments (3) ........................ (.01) .03 .06 .01 .06
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Total income from investment operations 2.50 2.75 2.75 2.85 3.28
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ..................... (2.59) (2.34) (2.74) (3.14) (1.84)
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Total distributions (2.59) (2.34) (2.74) (3.14) (1.84)
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Net asset value, end of year $ 67.88 $ 67.97 $ 67.56 $ 67.55 $ 67.84
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Total return (4) ............................... 3.70% 4.09% 4.09% 4.23% 4.95%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) ...... $ 81,059 $ 93,095 $ 94,200 $ 105,342 $ 114,667
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets (2) .. 1.02% .96% 1.20% .90% .82%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ..................... 3.70% 4.01% 3.98% 4.19% 4.79%
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(1) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Due to the waiver of advisory fees, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets was reduced by .50% for the year ended January 31, 2000 and .50%,
.50%, .50% and .50% for the years ended January 31,1999, 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. Without this waiver, the net investment income per
share would have been $2.01 for the year ended January 31, 2000 and $2.24,
$2.19, $2.37 and $2.78 for the years then ended.
(3) Per share net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments may
not correspond with the change in aggregate unrealized gains and losses in
the Portfolio's securities because of the timing of sales and repurchases
of the Portfolio's shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the
Portfolio.
(4) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Net asset value, beginning of year $ 58.83 $ 58.58 $ 57.24 $ 56.85 $ 54.90
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Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (1)(2) ............ 2.44 2.77 2.87 2.94 2.91
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments (3) .................... (.58) (.08) .17 (.34) 1.05
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Total income from investment operations 1.86 2.69 3.04 2.60 3.96
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ................... (2.31) (2.44) (1.70) (2.21) (2.01)
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Total distributions (2.31) (2.44) (1.70) (2.21) (2.01)
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Net asset value, end of year $ 58.38 $ 58.83 $ 58.58 $ 57.24 $ 56.85
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Total return (4) ............................ 3.18% 4.61% 5.33% 4.58% 7.24%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)...... $ 18,065 $ 24,377 $ 23,355 $ 21,345 $ 20,137
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets (2). 1.01% 1.08% 1.01% .97% .89%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ................... 4.16% 4.72% 4.95% 5.16% 5.21%
Portfolio turnover rate ................... 59.52% 68.21% 55.53% 102.29% 51.64%
<FN>
(1) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Due to the waiver of advisory fees, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets was reduced by .37% for the year ended January 31, 2000 and .37%,
.38%, .38% and .37% for the years ended January 31 ,1999, 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. Without this waiver, the net investment income per
share would have been $2.14 for the year ended January 31, 2000 and $2.48,
$2.59, $2.66 and $2.65 for the years then ended.
(3) Per share net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments may
not correspond with the change in aggregate unrealized gains and losses in
the Portfolio's securities because of the timing of sales and repurchases
of the Portfolio's shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the
Portfolio.
(4) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 69.13 $ 56.24 $ 47.66 $ 40.65 $ 31.61
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Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)(1).................... (.78) (.41) (.31) .26 (.02)
Net realized and unrealized gain
on investments ................................. 15.26 13.30 11.97 7.05 10.68
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Total income from investment operations 14.48 12.89 11.66 7.31 10.66
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ............................ - - (.19) (.25) (.11)
Net realized gain on investments (2)............... - - (2.89) (.05) (1.51)
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Total distributions - - (3.08) (.30) (1.62)
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Net asset value, end of year $ 83.61 $ 69.13 $ 56.24 $ 47.66 $ 40.65
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Total return (3) ..................................... 20.95% 22.92% 24.41% 18.00% 33.78%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) ............. $ 23,938 $ 21,764 $ 19,955 $ 15,417 $ 11,067
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets ............. 1.73% 1.39% 1.46% 1.33% 1.19%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net
assets.............................................. (1.02)% (.65)% (.60)% .59% (.06)%
Portfolio turnover rate ............................. 9.38% 2.73% 2.15% 21.32% 18.94%
<FN>
(1) Net investment income (loss) is based on average net assets per share
outstanding during the year.
(2) Capital gain distribution pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Code.
(3) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
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OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Each of the Fund's Portfolios has its own objectives and policies, as
explained below. The Fund itself is designed to provide its shareholders with a
flexible tool for their investing and tax planning. (Investors should note that
the Fund neither intends nor attempts to engage in tax planning for individual
shareholders).
To further its shareholders' individual investment programs, the Fund
includes four separate and distinct Portfolios, each with its own investment
policy. A shareholder may select a Portfolio or Portfolios in accordance with
his own financial objectives, and he may switch all or a portion of his
investment(s) from one Portfolio to another whenever he wishes.
Tax Planning
To further its shareholders' tax-planning, the Fund sponsors an IRA Plan,
and the Fund's four Portfolios have adopted policies which operate generally by
deferring (but not eliminating) federal income tax with the intent of reducing
the tax burden to the shareholders of any realized income or capital gains
earned by the Fund. There is no assurance that such policies will be successful,
nor is it possible to predict the extent to which a shareholder's tax burden
would be reduced by a successful application of the policies.
Each of the Fund's Portfolios, to the extent consistent with its investment
objectives, follows a policy of holding appreciated investments for at least the
minimum period required for sales of investments to qualify for long-term
capital gain treatment. This policy can enable a Portfolio to distribute
investment profits in the form of capital gains, which for shareholders in the
maximum federal tax bracket may be less heavily taxed than ordinary income
dividends. Any Portfolio may sell investments that have declined in value for
the purpose of offsetting taxable gain on investments that have appreciated in
value.
Each Portfolio also attempts, in furtherance of its objectives, to manage
its investments in order to reduce its net taxable income and to favor
opportunities for asset appreciation, which would be free of current federal
income taxation to the Portfolio or its shareholders. See "Distributions and
Taxes."
Dividends and Tax Planning
Each Portfolio distributes its net investment income and net capital gains,
if any, to its shareholders as per-share dividends only once a year and only to
the extent necessary for the Portfolio to qualify for treatment as a regulated
investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, thereby
avoiding corporate federal income tax. Under current provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code the Fund is required to pay as dividends 90% of its net investment
company taxable income. Each Portfolio treats as per-share dividends paid the
amounts of its taxable net investment income distributed in the form of
redemption proceeds. By using this permitted method of calculating dividends
paid, each Portfolio is able to reduce the amount of its dividends that are
distributed to shareholders who have not redeemed their shares.
Each Portfolio has paid and will likely continue to pay a federal excise
tax of four percent on its undistributed income and capital gains, if any. The
Federal excise tax reduces the benefit of distributing less than 100% of the
Fund's net investment income. Such undistributed amounts are retained by the
Portfolio and reinvested to earn further income and gains. See "Distributions
and Taxes." To the extent that a Portfolio successfully executes it's policy,
the tax liability of a long-term shareholder or a shareholder who holds shares
in the Portfolio on an ex-dividend date may be lessened (to an extent which the
Fund cannot predict), without reducing the shareholder's total return (dividends
plus appreciation).
THE FOUR PORTFOLIOS
Each of the Fund's four Portfolios has its own pool of assets, and each
Portfolio has adopted its own investment policy.
Investors who wish to invest all or a portion of their capital in a way
that does not depend on any particular outcome for the economy should consider
purchasing shares in the Permanent Portfolio. Investors who wish to invest all
or a portion of their capital in a way that seeks to provide a current return
(which may be in the form of dividends, increases in net asset value per share,
or some combination of the two) and stability of principal should consider
purchasing shares in the Treasury Bill Portfolio. Investors who wish to invest
all or a portion of their capital for the high current return that can be earned
on high-grade, short-term, corporate bonds while limiting risk to principal
should consider purchasing shares in the Versatile Bond Portfolio. Investors who
wish to invest a portion of their capital to achieve high (greater than for the
stock market as a whole), long-term appreciation should consider purchasing
shares in the Aggressive Growth Portfolio.
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Investors may switch all or a portion of their investment in the Fund from
one Portfolio to another at any time.
Except as indicated otherwise, the investment policies and objectives of
each Portfolio, as described below, are fundamental. A Portfolio's fundamental
investment policy or objective can be changed only by a vote of a majority of
the Portfolio's outstanding shares.
Permanent Portfolio
The objective of the Permanent Portfolio is to preserve and increase the
"purchasing power" value of its shares over the long term. This goal would
require the price of shares in the Permanent Portfolio to rise at a rate equal
to or greater than the rate of general price inflation (or, in the event of a
deflation in the economy, it would require the price of shares in the Permanent
Portfolio to resist the decline in the general level of prices). If the
Permanent Portfolio succeeds in meeting its objective, the amount of goods and
services that can be purchased with an amount of money equivalent to a share in
the Permanent Portfolio will hold steady (over the long term), or rise, and
would do so regardless of the course of inflation.
Investors should note that even if the Permanent Portfolio does achieve its
objective over the long term, it may suffer substantial short-term losses from
time to time, since investment prices generally respond to changes in the
pattern of inflation with lags and delays that are impossible to foresee.
The investment policy of the Permanent Portfolio reflects the opinion of
its Investment Adviser that inflation rates and other economic events cannot be
forecast with a high degree of reliability and that only investors who are
willing to embrace a high degree of risk should act on such forecasts. An
investment vehicle such as the Permanent Portfolio, whose goals include the
preservation of purchasing power, should not depend on forecasts. Instead, it
should acknowledge a broad range of economic possibilities and, in order to
preserve purchasing power over the long term, should incorporate investments for
each of them. For a further discussion of the investment strategy of the
Permanent Portfolio, see "Objectives and Policies - Investment Strategy -
Permanent Portfolio" in the Fund's SAI.
In pursuit of its objective of preserving and increasing the purchasing
power value of its shares, the Permanent Portfolio, as its fundamental
investment policy, invests a fixed "Target Percentage" of its net assets in each
of the following categories:
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Investment Category Target Percentage
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Gold ...................................................................... 20%
Silver .................................................................... 5%
Swiss franc assets ........................................................ 10%
Stocks of U.S. and foreign real estate
and natural resource companies ......................................... 15%
Aggressive growth stocks .................................................. 15%
Dollar assets ............................................................. 35%
Total 100%
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The Fund will not alter the Permanent Portfolio's Target Percentages or
change the composition of its investment categories without prior authorization
by the Portfolio's shareholders. The Permanent Portfolio will buy or sell
investments as needed to correct any discrepancy between its actual holdings in
a given category and the Target Percentage for that category if such a
discrepancy exceeds 1/10th of the Target Percentage. The Investment Adviser does
not attempt to anticipate short-term changes in the general price level of any
investment category. Please see the SAI under "Objectives and Policies -
Investment Categories" for a discussion of how each investment category works to
achieve the Permanent Portfolio's objectives, and under "Objectives and Policies
- Strategic Portfolio Adjustments" for a discussion of those circumstances that
might occasion a delay in portfolio adjustments.
The Permanent Portfolio's "Gold" holdings consist of gold bullion and
bullion-type coins such as, for example, American Eagle gold coins and Canadian
Maple Leaf gold coins.
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The Permanent Portfolio's "Silver" holdings consist of silver bullion and
bullion-type coins.
The Permanent Portfolio's "Swiss franc assets" consist of deposits of Swiss
francs at Swiss or non-Swiss banks and the bonds and other securities of the
federal government of Switzerland.
The Permanent Portfolio's "Stocks of U.S. and foreign real estate and
natural resource companies" consist of stocks of companies whose assets consist
primarily of real estate (such as timberland, ranching and farm land, raw land,
and land with improvements and structures) and natural resources (such as oil,
gas, coal, precious and non-precious metals.
The Permanent Portfolio's "Aggressive growth stocks" include stock warrants
and stocks of U.S. companies that are more volatile than the stock market as a
whole, and consist of the same types of investments in which the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio may invest. See "The Four Portfolios - Aggressive Growth
Portfolio."
The Permanent Portfolio's "Dollar assets" include cash, U.S. Treasury bills
and notes and U.S. Treasury bonds, and may include other U.S. dollar-denominated
assets such as the obligations of U.S. Government agencies, high-grade,
short-term, corporate bonds and banker's acceptances which, in the opinion of
the Fund's management, are secure enough to escape default even under
deflationary economic conditions. The average length to maturity of the
Permanent Portfolio's net dollar assets will not exceed 15 years and corporate
bonds so denominated have a Standard & Poor's rating of "A" or higher and a
remaining time to maturity of 24 months or less.
The assets in each of the Permanent Portfolio's investment categories are
subject to certain risks. See "Risk Factors and Special Considerations" below
for a discussion of the principal risks. See, also, "Objectives and Policies -
Investment Categories" in the SAI for a discussion of other risks.
Viewed in isolation, some of the Permanent Portfolio's assets, such as gold
and stock warrants, would be considered highly speculative. However, the Fund's
management believes that the various investments are subject to different (and,
in some cases, contrary) risks, so that the value of the Permanent Portfolio's
investments in the aggregate will be subject to less risk, over the long term,
than the risk associated with any one of the investments taken by itself.
It is the Permanent Portfolio's policy to arrange its investments, whenever
feasible in keeping within the Permanent Portfolio's Target Percentages, to
reduce the Portfolio's net taxable income and to favor opportunities for asset
appreciation. To the extent that this policy is successfully executed, the
Permanent Portfolio's net asset value per share will be greater than it would
have been otherwise (since the amount of distributions to shareholders will be
less), and the federal income tax liability incurred by shareholders will be
reduced accordingly.
The Permanent Portfolio follows the same tax planning and dividend policies
as the Fund's other Portfolios. These policies are intended generally to defer
(not eliminate) the payment of federal income tax. The operation of this
deferral may lessen a shareholder's tax liability without reducing his total
return (dividends plus appreciation). See "Objectives and Policies" and
"Distributions and Taxes."
Treasury Bill Portfolio
The objective of the Treasury Bill Portfolio is to earn high current income
for the Portfolio, consistent with safety and liquidity of principal.
The Treasury Bill Portfolio, as its fundamental investment policy, invests
exclusively in debt obligations of the United States Treasury. At least 80% of
the Portfolio's assets will consist of U.S. Treasury bills and notes. The
balance of the assets may be invested in U.S. Treasury bonds having a remaining
maturity of thirteen months or less. The dollar weighted average length to
maturity of the Portfolio's investments will not exceed 90 days.
The Treasury Bill Portfolio distributes its net investment income and net
capital gains, if any, only to the extent necessary for the Portfolio to qualify
for treatment as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the
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Internal Revenue Code, thereby avoiding corporate federal income tax. The
Portfolio reduces the amount of its per-share dividends to the extent its
taxable net investment income is distributed in the form of redemption proceeds.
(The Treasury Bill Portfolio's dividend policy differs from the dividend
policies of most money market funds in this respect.) The Treasury Bill
Portfolio's dividend policy permits (but does not assure) the Portfolio's net
asset value per share to rise. As a result of this policy, the tax liability of
a long-term shareholder or a shareholder who holds shares on an ex-dividend date
may be lessened (to an extent which the Fund cannot predict), without reducing
the shareholder's total return (dividends plus appreciation).
An investment in the Treasury Bill Portfolio should be considered for the
portion of an investor's capital for which the investor wishes to provide
stability of principal while earning a current return (which may be in the form
of dividends, increases in net asset value per share, or some combination of the
two). An investor may desire such protection because he is uncertain about the
future course of investment prices, because he expects investment prices in
general to decline, because he wishes to make greater allowance for the
possibility of economic deflation than does the Permanent Portfolio, or because
he wishes to invest temporarily in a pool of liquid, short-term securities with
a low degree of risk.
Versatile Bond Portfolio
The objective of the Versatile Bond Portfolio is to earn high current
income for the Portfolio, while limiting risk to principal. The Portfolio was
designed to provide its shareholders with a versatile instrument for their
investment and tax planning and may be suitable for investors in a variety of
circumstances.
The Versatile Bond Portfolio invests in high-grade, short-term corporate
bonds selected by the Investment Adviser for their ability to earn high current
income and for their ability to protect principal.
In order to limit risk to principal arising from defaults by corporate bond
issuers, the Versatile Bond Portfolio invests only in bonds that have earned a
rating of "A" or higher by Standard & Poor's and which in the opinion of the
Fund's management are secure enough to escape default even under deflationary
economic conditions. "AAA," "AA" and "A" are the three highest of Standard &
Poor's eleven bond rating categories and mean respectively that, in the judgment
of Standard & Poor's, a bond's capacity to pay interest and repay principal is
"extremely strong," "very strong" or "strong." The Portfolio does not invest in
so-called "junk bonds." The Portfolio further reduces risk by diversifying so
that ordinarily no more than 5% of the value of its assets is invested in the
bonds of any one issuer and no more than 25% is invested in the bonds of issuers
in any one industry.
The Portfolio purchases only bonds with remaining maturities of 24 months
or less, in order to limit risk to principal arising from changes in open-market
interest rates. Prices of such short-term bonds tend to be much more stable than
prices of long-term corporate, municipal or U.S. Treasury bonds.
The Versatile Bond Portfolio follows the same tax planning and dividend
policies as the Fund's other Portfolios. These policies are intended to lessen a
shareholder's tax liability without reducing his total return (dividends plus
appreciation). See "Objectives and Policies" and "Distributions and Taxes." Even
though the Versatile Bond Portfolio invests in short-term corporate bonds having
little potential for appreciation, the Portfolio's dividend policy permits (but
does not assure) the Portfolio's net asset value per share to rise.
An investment in the Versatile Bond Portfolio should be considered for the
portion of an investor's capital that he wishes to protect from risk of
substantial loss while earning a higher current return than available in United
States Treasury securities (which may be in the form of dividends, increases in
net asset value per share, or some combination of the two). The Versatile Bond
Portfolio may be especially suitable for an investor who wishes to defer federal
income tax liability for a portion of his return on an investment with high
current income.
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The objective of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio is to achieve high
(greater than the stock market), long-term appreciation in the value of the
Portfolio's shares. The performance of the stock market is reflected in indices,
which include for example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard &
Poor's 500 Stock Index.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio, as its fundamental policy, invests
exclusively in stocks and stock warrants of U.S. companies selected for high
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profit potential. The price volatility of such investments is expected by the
Investment Adviser to be greater than the price volatility of the U.S. stock
market as a whole. Such investments may include stocks of companies in high
technology industries, companies exploiting or developing new products or
services, and companies whose stock is valued primarily for appreciation
potential rather than current income. Stocks may be selected for purchase by the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio because they have a history of high volatility or
because the companies involved have above-average growth in income, profits or
sales. The Aggressive Growth Portfolio intends that, at any one time, it will
hold stocks from at least twelve different industry groups and that within each
industry group it ordinarily will hold the stocks of both large and small
companies. The Aggressive Growth Portfolio also purchases stock warrants, which
are long-term options to purchase shares of stock at a fixed price.
Ordinarily at least 60% of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's assets will be
invested in securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The remaining
portion of the Portfolio's assets will be invested in securities listed on the
American Stock Exchange or other domestic stock exchange or traded in the
over-the-counter market.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio will remain fully invested in stock market
investments at all times, apart from incidental amounts of cash that ordinarily
do not exceed 3% of the Portfolio's net assets. Accordingly, the success of the
Portfolio's investment policy does not depend on short-term, market timing
decisions by the Investment Adviser.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio follows the same tax planning and dividend
policies as the Fund's other Portfolios. These policies are intended to lessen a
shareholder's tax liability without reducing his total return (dividends plus
appreciation). See "Objectives and Policies" and "Distributions and Taxes."
An investment in the Aggressive Growth Portfolio should be considered for
the portion of an investor's capital for which the investor seeks long-term
appreciation. Investors should note that, while stocks owned by the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio are expected by the Investment Adviser to appreciate in value
more rapidly than the stock market, they also are subject to greater risk,
especially during periods when the prices of U.S. stock market investments in
general are declining.
Risk Factors and Special Considerations
Investors should review carefully the risks, significant features and other
special considerations associated with an investment in the Fund.
Gold. Gold generates no interest or dividends, offering only the potential
for price appreciation. The performance of the Permanent Portfolio will be
affected by changes in the price of gold. A decline in the price of gold would
tend to reduce the net asset value of shares in the Permanent Portfolio,
although in some instances this tendency could be offset by increases in the
price of other investments held by the Permanent Portfolio.
The market for gold is worldwide. The price of gold is subject to the risk
that in any country inflation or the public's expectation of inflation will
decline. The price of gold also can be depressed by large-scale sales of the
metal by the U.S. or foreign governments, by other official bodies, or by
private parties; by adverse economic conditions in countries where gold is held
by the general public; and by governmental prohibitions or restrictions on the
private ownership of gold.
The price of gold has been subject to volatile fluctuations from time to
time.
Silver. The performance of the Permanent Portfolio will be affected by
changes in the price of silver.
Silver is subject to risks similar to those of gold and has shown even
greater price volatility than gold. In addition, because of the substantial but
variable demand for silver by industrial users, the price of silver is likely to
decline in the event of any actual or anticipated decline in the general level
of worldwide economic activity.
Real estate and natural resource company stocks. The performance of the
Permanent Portfolio will be affected by changes in the prices of real estate and
natural resource company stocks.
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The stocks of real estate and natural resource companies are particularly
subject to irregular price fluctuations due to the nature of the assets owned by
the companies. Any decline in the general level of prices of oil or real estate
would be expected to have an adverse impact on these stocks. The Fund's
management believes that the prices of such stocks are particularly vulnerable
to decline in the event of deflationary economic conditions, and that such
stocks may be particularly profitable during periods of rising inflation.
Aggressive growth stocks. The Permanent Portfolio's investments in this
category, and all of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's investments, are selected
for high profit potential. Such issues tend to appreciate more than the stock
market as a whole during periods when stock prices in general are rising, and
tend to decline in value more than the stock market as a whole during periods
when stock prices in general are falling. In addition, those Portfolios might
invest in companies with small capitalization, which tend to rely on smaller
product lines and customer bases than larger companies. The prices of the stocks
in such companies therefore can be expected to be more volatile and influenced
more by changes in the economy as a whole.
U.S. Treasury bills and bonds. The performance of the Permanent Portfolio
and the Treasury Bill Portfolio will be affected by changes in the prices and
yields of U.S. Treasury securities.
Although U.S. Treasury bonds are widely considered to be free of any risk
of default, their open-market prices are affected by changes in the general
level of interest rates. Prices of existing U.S. Treasury securities tend to
rise when interest rates are falling, and tend to fall when interest rates are
rising. Price fluctuations of long-term U.S. Treasury bonds, such as the bonds
held by the Permanent Portfolio, can be as extensive as the price fluctuations
of common stocks.
Prices of U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term U.S. Treasury
securities, including those held by the Treasury Bill Portfolio, also fluctuate
in response to changes in interest rates. However, such fluctuations ordinarily
are minimal compared to other interest bearing instruments.
Short-term bonds. The short-term corporate bonds in which the Versatile
Bond Portfolio and the Permanent Portfolio may invest are not guaranteed by the
U.S. government or any government agency and hence are subject to some risk of
default. The Versatile Bond Portfolio protects against the risk of default (but
does not eliminate it entirely) by diversifying its holdings and by investing
only in bonds with remaining maturities of 24 months or less and that are rated
"A," "AA" or "AAA" by Standard & Poor's. An "A" rating by Standard & Poor's
means that the bond has strong capacity to pay interest and principal but is not
as strongly protected against the adverse effects of changes in circumstances
and economic conditions as bonds rated "AA" or "AAA." As an additional
protection, the Portfolio invests only in bonds that in the opinion of the
Fund's management are secure enough to escape default even under deflationary
economic conditions. Open-market prices of short-term corporate bonds are
affected by changes in the general level of interest rates; such price
fluctuations are small in comparison with changes in prices of long-term
corporate, municipal or U.S. Treasury bonds. Corporate bonds also may be subject
to downward changes in their ratings by Standard & Poor's and to "call," or
early repayment, at the option of the issuer. The calling of a bond that is
trading at a premium over its face value could result in a loss of the premium
to the bondholder.
Foreign investments. The Permanent Portfolio may own investments issued by
foreign banks and governments and may own stock in foreign companies or
investments held outside the United States.
Stock in foreign companies may be held in the form of American Depository
Receipts ("ADRs"). ADRs are certificates issued by a U.S. bank that represent
the right to receive securities of a foreign company deposited in the same bank
or in its correspondent bank. In addition, the Fund may direct its Custodian to
leave gold, silver, Swiss franc assets and other investments in the custody of
qualified foreign sub-custodians. The Fund may hold gold and silver bullion in
the form of claim accounts with foreign banks.
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In many foreign markets there is less publicly available information about
securities, including independent reports and ratings, than in U.S. markets, and
accounting and auditing standards often are less strict and less reliable than
in the U.S.
Many foreign stock markets are not as developed or efficient as those in
the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers may be less liquid and
more volatile than securities of comparable United States companies. In general,
there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of securities
exchanges, brokers, banks and listed companies than in the United States.
Tax planning. Each Portfolio of the Fund intends to pay per-share dividends
only to the extent necessary for the Portfolio to qualify for treatment as a
regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code
thereby avoiding corporate federal income tax on its income. If a Portfolio were
to distribute to its shareholders less than the minimum amount required for any
year, which the Fund considers unlikely, the Portfolio would become subject to
federal income tax for that year.
Target percentages and in-kind redemptions. To avoid liability for
corporate federal income tax each year, a Portfolio must, among other things,
derive at least 90% of its gross income from items including interest, dividends
and gains on sales of securities. Gains on sales of gold and silver by the
Permanent Portfolio would not qualify as "gains on sales of securities."
Consequently, in the event of a rapid rise in prices of gold and silver,
profitable sales of gold and silver (as might be required for the Permanent
Portfolio to adhere to its Target Percentages) could subject the Portfolio to
liability for corporate federal income tax. In order to avoid this adverse tax
result, the Fund has reserved the right to require redeeming shareholders in the
Permanent Portfolio to accept readily tradable gold or silver bullion or bullion
coins in complete or partial payment of redemptions. The bullion or coins would
be selected by the Fund from the Permanent Portfolio's holdings.
However, in order to reduce the possibility of inconvenience or loss to
shareholders in the Permanent Portfolio, the Fund will require a redeeming
shareholder to accept an in-kind redemption only if it has arranged a convenient
opportunity for the shareholder promptly to sell the bullion or coins through a
qualified broker or dealer at a cost not to exceed 2% of their value at the time
of the redemption. In the event that a shareholder elected not to use this
service, the Fund at its own expense would deliver the bullion or coins to the
shareholder, or, at his request, to his local bank.
From time to time the Fund, at the request of redeeming shareholders in any
Portfolio, may distribute readily tradable assets to the shareholder in payment
of his redemption. To be accepted by the Fund, any such request for an in-kind
redemption must be made in writing. The Fund will accept a request for an
in-kind redemption only if it has otherwise decided that the selected asset is
suitable for disposition in a transaction consistent with the Portfolio's
investment policies. See "In-Kind Redemptions" in the SAI for a discussion of
the Fund's operating policies for such redemptions.
For the shareholder, the tax consequences of an in-kind redemption
generally would be the same as those of a cash redemption.
Illiquid securities. The Permanent Portfolio may hold a maximum of 10%, and
the Aggressive Growth Portfolio may hold a maximum of 5%, of its net assets in
investments that have no ready market for resale and securities for which no
readily available market quotation exists. Neither the Treasury Bill Portfolio
nor the Versatile Bond Portfolio will hold illiquid securities.
Regulatory matters. Following a routine examination of the Fund in 1991,
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") instituted public
administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings on January 13, 1997, to
determine the truth of allegations by the Commission's Division of Enforcement
(the "Division") that World Money Managers, Terry Coxon and Alan Sergy (the
Fund's Investment Adviser and two of the Fund's directors and officers,
respectively, or, the "Respondents"), breached their fiduciary duties in
violation of certain provisions of federal securities laws in fiscal years 1990
through 1996. From May 5, 1997 through May 15, 1997, an administrative hearing
on these charges was held before Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda P. Murray
(the "Hearing Officer") in San Francisco, California. The Respondents have
denied all of the allegations of the Division and have actively contested the
proceedings. No charges have been made against the Fund, which allegedly was
subject to improper charges by the Respondents, and the Fund is not a party to
the proceedings.
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In an initial decision dated April 1, 1999 (the "Initial Decision"), the
Hearing Officer ruled that the Respondents had committed certain violations.
Specifically, the Hearing Officer ruled that the Respondents violated Section
206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940: by charging $248,153 of transfer
agent and accounting fees to the Fund's Marketing and Distribution Plan (the
"12b-1 Plan") during calendar year 1990; by causing the excessive capitalization
of a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Permanent Portfolio (World Money
Securities, Inc., or "WMS") of $850,000 and charging it in 1990 and 1991 for
printing costs related to the distribution of shares in the Treasury Bill
Portfolio, Versatile Bond Portfolio and Aggressive Growth Portfolio in the
amount of $336,571; by charging WMS excessive rent and improper underwriting
costs of $72,426; and by acquiring a "call option" in 1990 prohibited by the
Fund's fundamental investment policies and managing the investment for the
advantage of a client of an officer of the Fund. The Hearing Officer also ruled
that the Respondents violated or aided and abetted violations of: Section 12(b)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "ICA") and Rule 12b-1 thereunder, by
receiving unauthorized reimbursements in calendar year 1990 of $214,270 under
the Fund's 12b-1 Plan and by providing insufficient information regarding the
12b-1 Plan to the Fund's Board of Directors; Section 13(a)(3) of the ICA by
acquiring the "call option;" Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933,
Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Section
34(b) of the ICA by making misleading statements in the Fund's registration
materials; Section 10(b) of the ICA by using WMS as a principal underwriter for
the Fund; and Section 17(d) of the ICA and Rule 17d-1 thereunder, by causing WMS
to be excessively capitalized.
The Hearing Officer ordered that the Respondents: cease and desist from
committing further violations; be suspended from association with any registered
investment adviser or investment company for a period of three months; disgorge
$1,608,018, pay prejudgment interest of $1,236,726 and pay civil penalties of
$140,000.
The Respondents believe that the Hearing Officer's Initial Decision is
incorrect and contains reviewable errors. Accordingly, on April 22, 1999, they
filed petitions for review by the Commission. On April 21, 1999, the Division
also filed a petition for review by the Commission of certain sanctions
contained in the Initial Decision, seeking to bar World Money Managers from
acting as an investment adviser and to bar Terry Coxon from association with any
registered investment adviser or investment company for one year with a right to
reapply. Thereafter, the Commission granted the petitions and has accepted the
review of the Initial Decision.
Under the Fund's Bylaws, the Fund is obligated to advance expenses incurred
by the Respondents in the proceedings upon their undertaking to repay the
advances, in the event it is ultimately determined that they have committed
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their
duties. The Fund has therefore incurred, and may continue to incur, such
expenses in connection with the allegations, including amounts paid by World
Money Managers to persons who are directors and officers of the Fund for
their litigation expenses.
The Initial Decision of the Hearing Officer does not become effective until
the Commission's decision, which could affirm, reverse or modify the Initial
Decision. World Money Managers continues to act as Investment Adviser of the
Fund, and Terry Coxon continues to serve as President and a director of the
Fund. See "Management-Investment Adviser." Alan Sergy retired from the Fund for
medical reasons in March 1998 and, except for payments being made under the
Fund's long-term disability plan, is no longer associated with the Fund.
The ultimate outcome of these proceedings is unknown. The Fund's Board of
Directors plans to continue to monitor the proceedings and to take such actions
as may be appropriate to assure the availability to the Fund of such investment
advice and administrative support as may be necessary to continuously implement
the Fund's investment policies and investment objectives, as outlined in this
Prospectus.
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Unusual features. The Fund's Portfolios involve many unusual features,
including the objectives of providing tax advantages, and investments in a
foreign currency, foreign securities and precious metals. These features may
result in administrative, financial or tax consequences that are entirely
unforeseen.
MANAGEMENT
The Fund's Board of Directors has the duty and responsibility of managing
the business and affairs of the Fund. Three of the six directors are Independent
Directors, who have no financial interest in the Investment Adviser. The special
function of the Independent Directors is to assure that the Fund deals with the
Investment Adviser at arm's length and solely for the benefit of the Fund's
shareholders.
The Fund holds meetings of its shareholders only as may be required by
Maryland law. Generally, each shareholder is entitled to cast one vote for each
share he owns. A separate vote is taken when a matter affects only one
Portfolio.
Investment Adviser
The Fund retains World Money Managers (the "Investment Adviser") as its
adviser under an Investment Advisory Contract dated June 19, 1996 (the
"Contract"). The Investment Adviser is a limited partnership organized in August
1981 under the laws of the State of California. The Investment Adviser's general
partners are Terry Coxon, who is also a limited partner in the Investment
Adviser, and Terry Coxon, Inc., a California corporation wholly owned by Terry
Coxon. The Investment Adviser's business consists, and has always consisted,
solely of managing investment companies. See "Risk Factors and Special
Considerations - Regulatory matters."
The Investment Adviser furnishes the Fund continuously with suggested
investment planning and investment advice. The Investment Adviser's
responsibilities (which are performed on its behalf by Terry Coxon and Terry
Coxon, Inc., its general partners; and by Michael J. Cuggino, its consultant)
include making recommendations concerning the selection, purchase and sale of
the Fund's investments (which are placed by the Fund's officers, Terry Coxon,
its President and Michael J. Cuggino, its Treasurer). The day-to-day
administration of the Fund's activities are the responsibility of Terry Coxon,
its President and Michael J. Cuggino, its Treasurer. All activities undertaken
by the Investment Adviser on behalf of the Fund are subject to the general
policy direction of the Fund's Board of Directors. The following sets forth
certain information regarding Mr. Coxon and Mr. Cuggino.
Terry Coxon has been an investment adviser and author since 1976. Mr. Coxon
has served as President and a director of the Fund since its inception in 1981,
during all of which time he has shared primary responsibility for the activities
of the Investment Adviser and the Fund described above. Mr. Coxon also has
served as President and a director of Bullion Security Corporation, the sponsor
of an investment trust, since its inception in 1987.
Michael J. Cuggino has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1988. He
was employed by the Boston office of Ernst & Young and its predecessor company,
Arthur Young & Company, in various audit and accounting capacities, including
audit manager, from August 1985 until January 1991. In January 1991, Mr. Cuggino
established an accounting practice in Petaluma, California. He served as
Assistant Treasurer of the Fund, World Money Securities, Inc. and Bullion
Security Corporation from August 1991 until December 1992. Mr. Cuggino has
served as Treasurer: of World Money Securities, Inc. from 1993 until 1996; of
Bullion Security Corporation since 1993; and of the Fund since 1993, when he
began to share primary responsibility for the activities of the Fund described
above. Mr. Cuggino has also served as a director of the Fund since 1998.
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The Fund pays the Investment Adviser a comprehensive advisory fee monthly
at the following annual rate:
(i) for each Portfolio, 1/4 of 1% (0.250%) of the first $200 million of the
Portfolio's average daily net assets; plus
(ii) for the Fund as a whole, 7/8 of 1% (0.875%) of the first $200 million of
the Fund's average daily net assets; 13/16 of 1% (0.813%) of the next $200
million of the Fund's average daily net assets; 3/4 of 1% (0.750%) of the
next $200 million of the Fund's average daily net assets; and 11/16 of 1%
(0.688%) of the Fund's average daily net assets in excess of $600 million,
such fee for the Fund as a whole to be allocated among the Portfolios in
proportion to their net assets.
While the advisory fee is higher than the fees of other mutual funds, World
Money Managers absorbs a substantial portion of the Fund's ordinary operating
expenses as described below, a practice that benefits the Fund by limiting its
expenses, simplifying its internal accounting and facilitating independent
audits. The Investment Adviser also bears the Fund's distribution expenses. In
addition, during the year ended January 31, 2000, the Investment Adviser
voluntarily agreed to waive portions of the advisory fee allocable to the
Treasury Bill Portfolio and to the Versatile Bond Portfolio to the extent that
either Portfolio's total advisory fee otherwise would exceed an annual rate of
5/8 of 1% (0.625%), in the case of the Treasury Bill Portfolio, or 3/4 or 1%
(0.750%), in the case of the Versatile Bond Portfolio, of the respective
Portfolio's average daily net assets. The Investment Adviser may continue
voluntarily to waive such fees, although it is not required to do so, and
reserves the right to revoke, reduce or change the waiver prospectively upon
five days written notice to the Fund. Investors should note that the yields of
those two Portfolios are enhanced by the fee waiver.
The Fund also pays for its investment expenses (such as interest on
borrowings, taxes and brokerage commissions), the salary expense of the Fund's
officers (including payments under the Fund's long term disability plan), the
fees and expenses of the Fund's directors, and any and all extraordinary fees,
costs and expenses, including those associated with litigation, government
investigations or administrative proceedings. The Investment Adviser bears all
of the Fund's other ordinary operating expenses, which may include charges by
the Fund's Transfer Agent, charges by the Fund's Custodian, accounting fees,
auditing and legal fees not associated with litigation, employee and consultant
salaries and expenses, rent and occupancy, printing, postage and general
administrative expense. The Fund does not pay any of the Investment Adviser's
general or administrative overhead expense.
All fees and expenses payable by the Fund pursuant to the Contract and
attributable only to one Portfolio are borne entirely by that Portfolio; all
other such fees and expenses are allocated among the Fund's Portfolios in
proportion to their net assets.
The Investment Adviser has entered into an Administrative Agreement
effective February 1, 1986, with Permanent Portfolio Information, Inc.
("Information"), which is one of its limited partners, whereby Information
provides administrative and marketing services, such as designing and
coordinating mailings and responding to inquiries from prospective Fund
investors and shareholders. The Investment Adviser reimburses Information for
its expenses and pays Information a fee of $6,000 per month. The Investment
Adviser may enter into similar arrangements with other persons.
The Investment Adviser also receives certain service charges paid by
shareholders either directly or from their Shareholder Accounts. See "Service
Charges."
CONSULTANTS
The Fund and the Investment Adviser have entered into agreements with Harry
Browne and Douglas Casey under which those individuals make themselves available
for consultation with the Fund and the Investment Adviser on such matters as
basic trends in domestic and international finance and on the criteria for
evaluating investments. The expense of such agreements is borne by the
Investment Adviser. Neither of the consultants advises either the Investment
Adviser or the Fund on the selection of specific investments for any Portfolio.
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Harry Browne is a financial author and lecturer. His books include: How You
Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation, You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis,
Complete Guide to Swiss Banks, New Profits from the Monetary Crisis,
Inflation-Proofing Your Investments (co-authored with Terry Coxon), Investment
Rule #1, Why the Best-Laid Investment Plans Usually Go Wrong and The Economic
Time Bomb.
Douglas Casey is an investment author (Crisis Investing, Strategic
Investing and The International Man) and the author of an investment advisory
service, "The International Speculator."
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
For federal income tax purposes, each Portfolio is treated as a separate
corporation.
To reduce the amount of its income that is taxable currently, each
Portfolio will, whenever practical and in accordance with its investment policy,
offset taxable gains on sales of investments that have risen in price with tax
losses from sales of assets that have fallen in price. In addition, the
Permanent Portfolio may purchase bonds or notes at a market discount, thereby
enabling the Portfolio to defer recognition for tax purposes of a portion of the
return on such notes or bonds.
Each Portfolio intends to continue to qualify annually for treatment as a
"regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended. This would permit the Portfolio to deduct distributions of
its net investment income to its shareholders thereby avoiding corporate federal
income tax on the income so distributed. Under applicable federal income tax
provisions, "distributions" include per-share dividends and also include amounts
paid to redeeming shareholders that represent their share of a Portfolio's
undistributed earnings and profits. For redeeming shareholders, however, the
entire redemption proceeds generally are treated as proceeds from the sale of
shares and not as a distribution of income or gain realized by the Fund. See
"General Information" in the SAI.
In order to reduce the current tax burden of a Portfolio's investors on
their shares of the Portfolio's income and gains, each Portfolio intends to pay
per-share dividends only in amounts judged sufficient by the Fund's Board of
Directors to enable the Portfolio to qualify for treatment under Subchapter M
thereby avoiding corporate federal income tax, to the extent of such dividends.
Under the Internal Revenue Code the Fund is required to distribute as dividends
90% of its net investment company taxable income.
The amount of a Portfolio's net investment income per share that is
distributed through redemption payments rather than as per-share dividends is
reflected for financial accounting purposes in the same Portfolio's net asset
value per share. Thus, while the Fund's dividend policy may reduce a
shareholder's tax burden on his share of a Portfolio's realized income and
capital gains, it should not reduce the shareholder's total return (dividends
plus change in net asset value) on his investment.
Dividends, if any, are paid only once a year, ordinarily in December. Until
paid, amounts earmarked for dividends are retained by the Portfolio from which
they are payable and contribute to the Portfolio's net asset value and ability
to earn interest, dividends and gains. Dividend payments reduce a Portfolio's
net asset value per share.
Shareholders may benefit from the Fund's dividend policy described under
"Objectives and Policies," depending upon their personal tax circumstances. This
benefit is reduced by the payment of the federal excise tax discussed below.
Generally, the benefits are greater for shareholders who hold their shares for
longer periods. A shareholder who is accumulating assets over a period of years
may achieve a higher after-tax return as a result of the Fund's dividend policy,
since all of the portion of his return not distributed, consisting of
appreciation remains invested in the Fund, without any reduction by current
federal income tax. A shareholder who redeems portions of his shares from time
to time also may achieve a higher after-tax return as a result of the Fund's
dividend policy, since the appreciation on his remaining shares may continue to
remain invested in the Fund free of current federal income tax. (Such a
shareholder should note, however, that his benefit is achieved by deferring, not
by eliminating, the payment of taxes; thus his overall benefit may be small if
he holds his shares for only a few years.) And, in the case of shares that pass
to a shareholder's estate or heirs, the potential federal income tax liability
for previous appreciation may be eliminated entirely through the operation of
federal income tax provisions that grant a step-up in the tax basis of property
left to an estate or heir. Other capital assets may provide similar tax
advantages but be subject to different risks than an investment in the Fund.
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Dividends from net investment income and net short-term capital gains
generally will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, even though in
some cases the income will have been earned by the Portfolio before the investor
became a shareholder. Dividends from long-term capital gains, if any are paid by
a Portfolio, generally will be taxable to shareholders as capital gains
regardless of how briefly their shares have been held and regardless of when the
gains were earned by the Portfolio. Shareholders will be sent a statement no
later than February 28 of each year showing their total distributions (during
the preceding calendar year) from net investment income and capital gains.
Distributions may be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the
same Portfolio if requested.
The payor of a dividend on stock (as the Fund may be) may be required to
withhold 31% of any reportable payments (which may include dividends, capital
gains distributions, and redemptions) paid to a noncorporate shareholder if that
shareholder fails to provide the Fund with a valid taxpayer identification
number. Other withholding requirements may apply to certain foreign
shareholders.
The Fund has incurred and will likely continue to incur a federal excise
tax of four percent which is imposed on undistributed income and capital gains,
if any, of a Portfolio. Undistributed income to which the excise tax applies
would include amounts, if any, that the Fund in reliance on the judgment of its
Board of Directors has not timely distributed under Subchapter M of the Internal
Revenue Code. Such excise tax reduces a Portfolio's net asset value; however,
such undistributed income and capital gain is retained by each Portfolio and is
available to earn further interest, dividends and gains.
Conversion transactions. Under the provisions added to the Internal Revenue
Code in 1993, all or a portion of any gain on certain "conversion transactions"
is recharacterized as ordinary income, rather than capital gain. In the opinion
of the Fund's management and counsel, based on the provisions' statutory
language and legislative history, the provisions on conversion transactions do
not apply to investments in the Treasury Bill Portfolio or the Versatile Bond
Portfolio. However, no Treasury Regulations or Rulings have been issued
interpreting these provisions, and it is therefore uncertain whether the
Internal Revenue Service would agree with this conclusion. Accordingly, it
remains uncertain whether the gain that a shareholder recognizes upon a
redemption of shares in the Treasury Bill Portfolio or the Versatile Bond
Portfolio will be taxed as ordinary income or as capital gain.
In any event, regardless of the taxation of any recognized gains, the
provisions on conversion transactions do not, in the opinion of the Fund's
management and counsel, disturb the usefulness of the Treasury Bill Portfolio or
the Versatile Bond Portfolio for deferring recognition of income.
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUES
The Fund makes a separate calculation of each Portfolio's net asset value
per share at the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time) every day that the Exchange is open for trading ("business
day"). All requests received for purchases and requests for redemptions of
shares in each Portfolio are executed at a price equal to the Portfolio's net
asset value per share as next computed following receipt thereof by the Transfer
Agent.
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Investments are valued primarily at market value on the basis of the most
recent price on the exchange on which they are principally traded, or, if not
available, by a method which the Fund's Board of Directors in good faith
believes accurately reflects fair value. If there is no trading in an investment
on a business day, the investment will be valued at the mean between its bid and
asked prices. Short-term securities are marked to market daily. Gold and silver
are valued at the closing spot price on the New York Commodity Exchange, a
regulated U.S. commodity futures exchange. Foreign securities traded on an
exchange are valued on the basis of market quotations most recently available
from that exchange. Investments for which bona fide market quotations are not
readily available will be valued in good faith by the Fund's Board of Directors.
Current net asset value information for the Fund's Portfolios may be
obtained by checking newspaper listings under the heading "Perm Port Funds" or
similar abbreviation.
PURCHASE OF SHARES FROM THE FUND
Shares in the Permanent Portfolio, the Treasury Bill Portfolio, the
Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio are offered for
sale continuously by the Fund. Investors may purchase such shares directly from
the Fund without payment of commission or sales load.
The minimum initial investment in any Portfolio is $1,000. Shareholders may
make additional investments at any time in minimum amounts of $100 per
Portfolio. All requests for purchases of shares accompanied by payment therefore
are effected at a price equal to the net asset value per share next computed
after receipt of the properly completed request by the Transfer Agent.
Initial investment in the Fund. After reading this entire Prospectus, new
investors should complete and sign the accompanying Shareholder Account
Application. Mail the application, together with a check or money order payable
through a U.S. bank for the amount of your initial investment, to Permanent
Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc., c/o Chase Global Funds Services Company, P.O.
Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208. (If you use an overnight delivery service
other than U.S. mail, send your Application and check to Permanent Portfolio
Family of Funds, Inc., c/o Chase Global Funds Services Company, 73 Tremont
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.) Please make your investment check payable
to "Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc."
Additional investments by mail. After your initial investment has been
accepted, you will receive a confirmation of your purchase. A form which should
be used to make additional purchases by mail will accompany the confirmation.
(It will not be necessary to fill out another Shareholder Account Application,
even if you are investing for the first time in another Portfolio.) Please
indicate clearly the Portfolio or Portfolios in which the additional investment
is to be made.
Additional investments by wire. Another way to add to your investment is by
bank wire. To do so, send a bank wire to: State Street Bank and Trust Company,
Boston, Massachusetts, ABA#011000028; Attention: Permanent Portfolio Family of
Funds, Inc., Account #53839882. The bank wire must include your Shareholder
Account number and a message indicating that you wish to make a purchase in a
specific Portfolio(s) in the stated amount(s). (Your initial investment in the
Fund cannot be made by bank wire.) Your bank may assess a charge for use of a
bank wire.
Automatic investment program. Shareholders may add systematically to their
investment in any of the Fund's Portfolios by enrolling in the Fund's Automatic
Investment Program. See "Shareholder Account Services and Privileges-Automatic
Investment Program."
If a shareholder sends money to the Fund without clearly indicating how it
is to be invested, the Fund's policy is to treat the money as an investment in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio.
The Fund reserves the right to reject investments in part or in whole.
REDEMPTION OF SHARES BY THE FUND
Shareholders may redeem all or some of their shares in any Portfolio.
Subject to the limitations noted below, requests for redemption will be
accepted on any business day. The price paid to the redeeming shareholder is the
Portfolio's net asset value per share next computed after receipt by the
Transfer Agent of the properly completed redemption request.
Redemption requests must be accompanied by share certificates, if issued,
and must be sent to the Transfer Agent. The Fund may refuse redemption requests
not made in the proper manner.
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Written Redemption Requests
Normally the shareholder's signature on a written redemption request (and
on the share certificate, if issued) must match exactly the name on the
Shareholder Account and must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution.
Eligible guarantor institutions include banks, trust companies, brokers,
dealers, municipal or government securities brokers or dealers, credit unions,
national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing
agencies or savings associations, provided that they are members of STAMP
(Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program). Signature guarantees from
institutions that are not STAMP members and notarizations from Notaries Public
will not be accepted. (Shareholders may verify that a guarantor institution is a
member of STAMP by contacting the STAMP administrator, Kemark Financial
Services, at (800) 348-2724, or the Transfer Agent.) The signature guarantee
must be in proper form and undated. For protection of the shareholder and the
Fund, additional documentation may be required for redemption of shares held in
corporate, partnership, trust or fiduciary accounts.
However, by completing the appropriate section of the Shareholder Account
Application ("Redemption by Telephone and Without Signature Guarantee," of the
Application), an investor may authorize the Fund to honor redemption requests
without signature guarantee. The lack of the signature guarantee does not render
the Fund responsible for the authenticity of the signature or of telephone
redemption requests. While the Fund will employ reasonable procedures to confirm
telephone instructions, such as verification of certain information with the
caller, the investor will bear the risk of loss from any such request that is
unauthorized. Such a redemption request would be processed as though it had been
made by telephone (see below), and the cash proceeds would be sent by check or,
if requested, by bank-to-bank wire to the shareholder's bank account.
Investors who wish to avoid the possible inconvenience and delay of
obtaining an acceptable signature guarantee should carefully consider
authorizing the Fund to accept redemption requests without signature guarantee.
Telephone Redemption Requests
A shareholder who has authorized the Fund to honor redemption requests
without signature guarantee may submit redemption requests by telephone.
Telephone requests are made by calling the Transfer Agent at (800) 341-8900 or
(617) 557-8000. Unless applied to the purchase of shares in another Portfolio
(see "Shareholder Account Services and Privileges - Portfolio Switching"), the
cash proceeds of redemptions requested by telephone or in writing without a
signature guarantee will be sent by check, via first-class mail. As an optional
alternative, the redeeming shareholder may request that the cash proceeds be
sent by bank-to-bank wire. Whether remitted by check or by bank wire, the
redemption proceeds will be addressed only to the shareholder's U.S. commercial
bank account (not to an account at a savings bank, savings and loan association,
credit union or other thrift institution).
If the redeeming shareholder requests a wire transfer, the Transfer Agent's
bank will charge the shareholder its customary fee for a wire transfer, which
currently is $8. The fee will be deducted from the proceeds of the redemption. A
shareholder should ascertain and verify that his bank will accept a "federal
funds" wire transfer before requesting that the proceeds of a redemption be sent
by bank wire. Failure to do so may result in delay in receiving the redemption
proceeds and in additional bank-wire fees which will be charged to the
shareholder.
No telephone requests will be honored to redeem shares for which
certificates have been issued and are outstanding.
Telephone redemptions of shares held in an IRA Plan will be accepted only
if the proceeds are to be applied to the purchase of shares in another Portfolio
or are otherwise to be reinvested within the Fund's IRA Plan. See "Shareholder
Account Services and Privileges - Portfolio Switching."
Redemption Limitations
The Fund ordinarily will honor a valid redemption request at the
Portfolio's net asset value per share next computed after receipt by the
Transfer Agent of the properly completed redemption request, and by law must pay
it within seven calendar days following the redemption. However, the Fund may
delay payment of a request to redeem shares purchased by check until the Fund is
certain that the check has cleared, which may take up to 15 calendar days after
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the issuance of the shares. A shareholder may avoid this delay by purchasing
shares with a cashier's check. Shares for which certificates have been issued
may not be redeemed until the certificates have been returned to the Transfer
Agent. Neither the Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Transfer Agent, nor any of
their agents is responsible for losses sustained by a shareholder as a result of
their acting on any authorized instruction or authorization on the shareholder's
Shareholder Account Application or otherwise in connection with redemption of
his shares in the Fund.
The right to redeem may be limited or suspended by the Fund, or the payment
date postponed, for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange is
closed or during any emergency or other period for which the Securities and
Exchange Commission has permitted or required a suspension for the protection of
shareholders.
The Fund may redeem an investor's shares in any Portfolio at any time that
the value of the shares is less than $500 other than by reason of a decline in
their net asset value. The Fund will notify such an investor at least 30 days
prior to effecting such a redemption.
SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNT SERVICES AND PRIVILEGES
When an investor makes his initial investment in one of the Fund's
Portfolios, a Shareholder Account is opened in accordance with his application.
Subsequent investments by the shareholder in any Portfolio will be added to his
same Shareholder Account. Fund shareholders will receive a confirmation
statement showing each transaction in their Shareholder Account, along with a
summary of the status of the account as of the transaction date. A shareholder
may inquire about his Shareholder Account by mail or by telephone. See
"Custodian, Transfer Agent and Dividend-Disbursing Agent." Investors who
purchase or redeem shares in the Fund through a broker-dealer may be charged a
transaction fee by the broker-dealer, who may place such orders by telephone in
accordance with the Fund's procedures.
Certain optional services and privileges are available with a Shareholder
Account, as described below. Some of the services involve a fee; a shareholder
will incur the fee only if he uses the service. Shareholders who do not use a
particular service do not bear the cost of providing the service to other
shareholders.
Automatic Investment Program
The Fund's Automatic Investment Program allows shareholders to invest in
any portfolio on a regular schedule. To participate in the Program, a
shareholder should complete an Automatic Investment Program enrollment form
which authorizes the Transfer Agent to deduct a specified dollar amount from the
shareholder's checking account (minimum investment $100 per Portfolio each
month) and apply that amount to purchase shares in the Portfolio selected by the
shareholder. These deductions may be scheduled for either the 1st or the 15th of
each month. The Program is free of charge and is available to shareholders in
all of the Fund's Portfolios; the costs of administering the Program are paid by
the Investment Adviser. Shareholders in the Fund's IRA Plan are also eligible
for the Automatic Investment Program. An Automatic Investment Program may be
terminated or suspended at any time by the shareholder or by the Fund.
Portfolio Switching
Shareholders may redeem shares in one Portfolio and simultaneously invest
the proceeds in another Portfolio. Such a transaction would constitute a taxable
event to the shareholder. By completing the appropriate section of the
Shareholder Account Application ("Portfolio Switching (Exchange)"), an investor
may authorize the Fund to accept Portfolio switching instructions by telephone
and in writing without a signature guarantee. Each Portfolio Switch is subject
to a charge of $5 by the Fund's Investment Adviser. If you are unable to execute
a Portfolio Switch by telephone, you should consider sending your Portfolio
Switch request by mail.
An individual who has both a regular Shareholder Account and an IRA Plan in
exactly the same name may use a Portfolio Switch to redeem shares from his
regular account and purchase shares in his IRA Plan. An IRA contribution
effected in this manner is subject, for federal income tax purposes, to the same
conditions and limitations that apply to all IRA contributions generally.
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Automatic Reinvestment
A shareholder may request that all dividends, including distributions of
long-term capital gains, be automatically reinvested in shares of the same
Portfolio.
A shareholder's tax liability for dividends is not reduced by reinvesting
dividends (whether through the Automatic Reinvestment Plan or otherwise) in
additional Fund shares.
Systematic Withdrawal Program
An investor whose Shareholder Account totals at least $5,000 may establish
a Systematic Withdrawal Program under which shares with a value predesignated by
him (but at least $100) are automatically redeemed either monthly or quarterly.
Withdrawal payments ordinarily will be mailed within five business days after
the end of the withdrawal period.
Systematic Withdrawal Program payments are financed by the automatic
redemption from the Shareholder's Account of the necessary number of shares to
pay the shareholder the amount of cash requested. Redemptions ordinarily are
made on the 3rd business day of the month. Because the prices of Fund shares
fluctuate, the number of shares redeemed to finance Systematic Withdrawal
Program payments of a given amount will vary from payment to payment.
If a shareholder owns shares in more than one Portfolio, he may designate
the Portfolio from which the redemptions under a Systematic Withdrawal Program
will be made.
A Systematic Withdrawal Program may be terminated or suspended at any time,
either by the shareholder or by the Fund. No separate charge is made for a
Systematic Withdrawal Program; the costs of administering the Program are borne
by the Investment Adviser.
Individual Retirement Account Plan
Eligible taxpayers may contribute up to $2,000 per year of income earned
from wages, salary and self-employment to an Individual Retirement Account
("Traditional IRA"). Such annual contributions generally are deductible by the
taxpayer in computing his adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes,
if he does not participate in an employer sponsored retirement plan or if his
adjusted gross income does not exceed certain limits. All investment earnings in
a Traditional IRA accumulate tax free until withdrawn, usually at retirement. In
addition, deductible contributions can be made to a Traditional IRA for the
non-employed spouse of a person who is employed. With certain limitations,
amounts withdrawn from a Traditional IRA or received as a lump-sum distribution
from a corporate pension or profit-sharing plan or from a Keogh plan can be
rolled over without tax into a new IRA account.
Also, a Traditional IRA may be used in connection with a Simplified
Employer Pension Plan ("SEP") maintained by a taxpayer's employer.
In addition, beginning January 1, 1998, eligible taxpayers may contribute
up to $2,000 per year of income earned from wages, salary and self-employment to
a Roth Individual Retirement Account ("Roth IRA"). Under a Roth IRA, the
earnings and interest on an individual's nondeductible contributions grow
without being taxed, and qualifying distributions are generally tax-free.
Additionally, unlike a Traditional IRA, there is no rule against making
contributions to a Roth IRA after turning age 70 1/2, and there's no requirement
to begin making minimum withdrawals at that age. A Roth IRA can be used instead
of a Traditional IRA, to replace an existing Traditional IRA, or to complement a
Traditional IRA.
Under the terms of the Fund's IRA Plan (including both Traditional and Roth
IRAs), contributions are invested in shares of the Portfolio(s) selected by the
shareholder, and all dividends and distributions are reinvested in additional
shares of the same Portfolio(s).
State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts (which is the
Custodian of the Fund's assets) acts as custodian for each Shareholder Account
opened under an IRA Plan and charges the fees described in the IRA Plan
materials which are available upon request to the Investor's Information Office.
Shareholder services available with a regular Shareholder Account
(including Automatic Investment Program, Portfolio Switching, Automatic
Reinvestment and Systematic Withdrawal Program) are also available with an IRA
Plan, but subject to such limitations as the Fund or the IRA Plan custodian may
impose from time to time, and subject to a separate account maintenance fee.
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Shares held in an IRA Plan may not be redeemed by means of a check redemption,
nor may they be redeemed by telephone except as part of a Portfolio Switch.
Check Redemptions - Treasury Bill Portfolio and Versatile Bond Portfolio Only
Investors who have completed the appropriate section of the Shareholder
Account Application ("Redemption by Check") may redeem shares in the Treasury
Bill Portfolio or in the Versatile Bond Portfolio by writing a redemption check,
as explained below. Such checks may be deposited by a shareholder in his local
bank account or used to make payments to third parties.
A book of personalized checks drawn on Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. will be
sent upon request to a shareholder maintaining a regular Shareholder Account.
The checks will be preprinted for use with the Portfolio for which the
shareholder requests check redemption. (Shareholders wishing to write checks on
both Portfolios will be provided with two separate books of checks.) When a
check signed by the shareholder is presented for payment by Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A., the Fund redeems a sufficient number of the shareholder's shares in
the appropriate Portfolio to pay the check. Please note that a check can be used
to redeem shares only in the Portfolio preprinted on the face of the check.
Shares for which certificates have been issued and not returned to the
Transfer Agent may not be redeemed by check! Please do not write redemption
checks for which insufficient shares are available; such checks will be returned
unpaid, and your Shareholder Account will be charged a "bad check" fee of $25.
Neither the Fund nor its Investment Adviser or Transfer Agent bears any
responsibility in regard to the payment or non-payment of redemption checks by
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
The check redemption privilege is offered by the Fund as a convenience to
its shareholders. There is no limit to the number of checks a shareholder may
write, nor is any minimum check amount required. However, check redemptions are
not intended to be used as a substitute for a bank checking account. The fee for
each check redemption is $1, which is collected by redeeming an additional
fraction of a share from the Shareholder's Account.
Shares held in an IRA Plan may not be redeemed by check redemption.
Limitations
The Fund's management has designed the foregoing services and privileges in
accordance with its intention to provide its shareholders with a flexible tool
for their investing. However, the Fund reserves the right to limit or suspend
check redemption, automatic investment, portfolio switching, automatic
reinvestment or systematic withdrawal services at any time without notice.
SERVICE CHARGES
Each shareholder pays the Fund's Investment Adviser an account maintenance
fee of $1.50 per month, whether he invests in one or in more than one Portfolio.
No additional fee is charged for an IRA Plan Account maintained by a shareholder
who also maintains a regular Shareholder Account in exactly the same name and
address.
At the shareholder's option, the fee may be paid annually by check.
Otherwise, the fee is collected once a year, usually in December, from any
dividends payable to the shareholder. If the shareholder's dividends are
insufficient to pay the fee, the Fund will redeem a sufficient number of shares
to pay the remaining amount, redeeming first from the Treasury Bill Portfolio,
next from the Permanent Portfolio, next from the Versatile Bond Portfolio, and
lastly from the Aggressive Growth Portfolio. If a shareholder invests both
through a regular Shareholder Account and also through an IRA Plan Account in
exactly the same name and with the same Social Security number, and if the
shareholder does not pay the fees for the two accounts separately by check, they
will be collected first from dividends on, and/or redemption of, shares held in
the regular Shareholder Account rather than by drawing on the IRA Plan Account.
Any accrued but unpaid account maintenance fee will be collected from the
amount owed to a shareholder who closes his Shareholder Account during the year.
The account maintenance fee offsets a portion of the recurring costs
associated with maintaining each Shareholder Account. Such costs could include
charges by the Fund's Transfer Agent for shareholder accounting and data
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processing; printing of the Fund's annual and interim financial reports sent to
shareholders; printing of shareholder proxy materials and the tabulation of
shareholder proxies not deemed extraordinary expenses as defined by the
Contract; postage associated with mailing reports, shareholder statements and
other materials to shareholders; and costs of maintaining the "800" telephone
lines to the Transfer Agent and the Investor's Information Office. The
Investment Adviser collected a total of $92,602 in account maintenance fees in
the last fiscal year, which is less than the Investment Adviser paid for the
recurring costs referred to above. The Investment Adviser believes that the
amounts paid by it for such costs were lower than those which the Fund might
have paid to obtain comparable services from unaffiliated parties.
All mutual funds incur similar expenses. Most funds pay them directly, a
practice which reduces their shareholders' net investment income per share
and/or net asset value per share. The Fund, however, asks each of its
shareholders to pay an account maintenance fee in order to avoid any such
reduction in net income or net asset value per share.
For an investor, account maintenance fees generally are a tax-deductible
investment expense, subject to the general limitations on the deductibility of
such expenses.
The Investment Adviser charges each investor a one-time account start-up
fee of $35. An investor pays this fee only once, even if he invests in more than
one Portfolio, and even if he maintains both an IRA Plan Account and a regular
Shareholder Account with the Fund in exactly the same name and address. This fee
is deducted from the investor's initial investment and will be deducted a second
time only if a former shareholder opens a new Shareholder Account.
The one-time account start-up fee offsets a portion of the costs associated
with establishing an account for each shareholder. The Fund's Board of Directors
considers that the amount of such fee is lower than that which the Fund might
have paid to obtain comparable services from unaffiliated parties.
A current shareholder may invest in one or more additional Portfolios
without incurring an additional account start-up fee.
CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DIVIDEND-DISBURSING AGENT
The Fund's custodian is State Street Bank and Trust Company (the
"Custodian"), located in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Fund's transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent is Chase Global
Funds Services Company (the "Transfer Agent"), telephone number (800) 341-8900
or (617) 557-8000. The Transfer Agent's primary offices are located at 73
Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. Correspondence should be addressed
to P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208.
REPORTS
The Fund sends its shareholders financial statements, including a report of
each Portfolio's investment holdings, every six months. The Fund's fiscal year
ends on January 31. Further information about the performance of the Fund is
contained in the Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended January
31, 2000. The report of Tait, Weller & Baker on the aforementioned financial
statements and financial highlights contains an explanatory paragraph that
states that the Securities and Exchange Commission is involved in public
administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against the Fund's Investment
Adviser and one (formerly two) of the Fund's directors and officers. A copy of
the Annual Report to Shareholders is available without charge from the
Investor's Information Office.
Tait, Weller & Baker has been selected by the Board of Directors as the
independent auditors of the Fund for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2001.
Advertising
From time to time the Fund may advertise its yield or total return in
accordance with applicable federal securities regulations, See "Calculations of
Performance Data" in the SAI for a discussion of how yield and total return is
calculated.
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No Person is authorized to give any information or to make any representation
not contained in this Prospectus in connection with the matters described
herein. If given or made, such information or representation must not be relied
upon as having been authorized.
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Investment Adviser THE
World Money Managers PERMANENT
Terry Coxon, General Partner PORTFOLIO
Petaluma, California Family of Funds
Consultants to the Fund
Harry Browne
Douglas Casey
Transfer Agent
Chase Global Funds Services Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Additional information about the Fund's investments
is available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual
Reports to shareholders. In the Fund's Annual
Report, you will find a discussion of the market
conditions and investment strategies that sig- including
nificantly affected the Fund's performance during
this last fiscal year. The Fund's Statement of Permanent Portfolio,
Additional Information ("SAI"), which has been (Symbol PRPFX)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"), also provides additional information about Treasury Bill Portfolio,
the Fund and is incorporated herein by reference (Symbol PRTBX)
(a legal part of this Prospectus).
Versatile Bond Portfolio
Information about the Fund (including the SAI) (Symbol PRVBX)
can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public
Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information and
on the operation of the Public Reference Room
may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202)942-8090 Aggressive Growth Portfolio
Reports and other information about the Fund are (Symbol PAGRX)
available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's
Internet site at http://www.sec.gov and copies
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of this information may be obtained, upon payment
of a duplication fee, by electronic request at the
following e-mail address: [email protected],
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or by writing the Public Reference Section of the
SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102
To obtain a copy of the Fund's SAI or Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports free of charge, to request
other information about the Fund, or to make
shareholder inquiries, please write or call:
Investor's Information Office Prospectus
P.O. BOX 5847, Austin, Texas 78763
(800) 531-5142
or (Investment Company Act
(512) 453-7558 - FAX (512) 453-2015 File No. 811-3379)
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STATEMENT OF May 30, 2000
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
625 Second Street * Petaluma, California 94952
This Statement of Additional Information (the "SAI") of Permanent Portfolio
Family of Funds, Inc. (The "Fund") is not a prospectus and should be read in
conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus dated May 30, 2000 (the "Prospectus").
The Prospectus and the Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended
January 31, 2000 may be obtained without charge by request to the Investor's
Information Office, P.O. Box 5847, Austin, Texas 78763.
The Fund's Permanent Portfolio reserves a limited right to redeem its shares
in kind in certain circumstances, as explained herein under the heading
"REDEMPTION OF SHARES BY THE FUND - IN-KIND REDEMPTIONS."
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES.......................................................1
The Four Portfolios.......................................................1
Investment Strategy.......................................................1
Permanent Portfolio...................................................1
Treasury Bill Portfolio...............................................2
Versatile Bond Portfolio..............................................2
Aggressive Growth Portfolio...........................................3
Investment Categories.....................................................4
Illiquid Investments......................................................6
Offsetting and Indirect Investments.......................................7
Strategic Portfolio Adjustments..........................................13
Investment Restrictions..................................................13
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT..................................................15
Fund History.............................................................15
Investment Adviser.......................................................16
Board of Directors.......................................................17
Directors and Officers...................................................18
Share Ownership..........................................................18
Code of Ethics...........................................................18
Compensation.............................................................18
CONSULTANTS..................................................................19
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES......................................................19
Foreign Taxes............................................................20
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUES..............................................20
PURCHASE OF SHARES FROM THE FUND.............................................21
REDEMPTION OF SHARES BY THE FUND.............................................22
Redemption Limitations...................................................22
In-Kind Redemptions......................................................22
In-Kind Redemption Requests..............................................23
Tax Consequences of In-Kind Redemptions..................................24
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE.........................................24
TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND-DISBURSING AGENT.......................................25
CUSTODIAN....................................................................25
GENERAL INFORMATION..........................................................26
Capitalization...........................................................26
Income Equalization Accounting...........................................26
Calculations of Performance Data.........................................26
After-Tax Returns........................................................28
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.........................................................29
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OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
The Four Portfolios
The Fund has four separate portfolios (the "Portfolios"), the Permanent
Portfolio, the Treasury Bill Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio.
The Permanent Portfolio invests a fixed Target Percentage of its net assets
in gold, silver, Swiss franc assets, stocks of real estate and natural resource
companies, aggressive growth stocks and dollar assets such as U.S. Treasury
bills, notes and bonds. The Permanent Portfolio's objective is to preserve and
increase the purchasing power value of its shares over the long term.
The Treasury Bill Portfolio invests in short-term U.S. Treasury bills, and
may also invest in U.S. Treasury bonds and notes having a remaining maturity of
thirteen months or less. The Portfolio's objective is to earn high current
income for the Portfolio, consistent with safety of principal.
The Versatile Bond Portfolio invests in a diversified portfolio of
short-term corporate bonds rated "A" or higher by Standard & Poor's. The
Portfolio's objective is to earn high current income for the Portfolio, while
limiting risk to principal.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio invests in U.S. stock market investments
selected for high profit potential. The Aggressive Growth Portfolio's objective
is to achieve high, long-term appreciation in the value of its shares.
Solely for the purpose of holding overnight cash balances (but not for
investment purposes), the Fund may hold investments up to 7 days in short-term
U.S. Treasury securities or repurchase agreements with commercial banks and
securities broker-dealers, in amounts ordinarily not to exceed 3% of the Fund's
net assets, or 4% if the repurchase agreement is entered into with the Fund's
Custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company.
Investment Strategy
Permanent Portfolio
The Permanent Portfolio's investment policies reflect the opinion of the
Fund's management that it is impossible to forecast inflation rates or other
economic events with a high degree of reliability and that only investors who
are willing to embrace a high degree of risk should act on such forecasts. An
investment vehicle such as the Permanent Portfolio, whose goals include the
preservation of purchasing power, should acknowledge a broad range of economic
possibilities and, in order to preserve purchasing power over the long term,
should incorporate investments for each of them. In the opinion of the Fund's
management, economic possibilities for the future are limited to the following:
1. Rising inflation. From 1960 through 1980 the rate of inflation generally,
with intermittent pauses and reversals, rose. The inflation rate generally
fell from 1980 through 1999. The Fund's management believes that if the
pattern of rising inflation resumes, the investments most likely to
appreciate would include gold, silver, Swiss franc assets and interests in
real estate and natural resources. Gold, silver, real estate and natural
resources tend to be profitable during periods of rising inflation because
inflation and the fear of further inflation add to investor demand for
assets whose values are not denominated in a fiat (non-convertible)
currency. Swiss franc assets tend to appreciate during periods of rising
inflation because, although the Swiss franc is a fiat currency, the Swiss
government traditionally has acted with a high degree of restraint in
permitting the issuance of new currency. Such restraint is generally taken
to indicate that a currency will preserve its purchasing power. If the rate
of inflation does rise, the prices of common stocks (other than those of
real estate and natural resource companies) and, more especially, of dollar
assets, are likely to decline.
2. Abruptly-slowing inflation. Most periods of extended inflation in U.S.
history have been followed by abrupt declines in the rate of inflation and,
in many cases, by deflation. The Fund's management believes that if
inflation should decline abruptly (or deteriorate into a deflation), the
investments most likely to appreciate would include previously issued
dollar assets such as U.S. Treasury securities, since interest rates on
newly issued dollar investments of these types tend to decline during
periods of declining inflation, thus increasing the value of previously
issued securities. If the rate of inflation does decline abruptly, it is
likely that gold, silver, Swiss franc assets and most common stocks would
decline in value.
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3. Gradually-slowing inflation. In the event that the rate of inflation
declines slowly (a "soft landing") and the economy escapes the trauma that
has followed most inflations, the Fund's management believes that common
stocks would be among the investments most likely to appreciate. The
results for stock market issues that tend to rise and fall to a greater
degree than the stock market as a whole (the types of issues that the
Fund's management attempts to identify and include in the Permanent
Portfolio's investment portfolio as aggressive growth stocks) would be
especially favorable. In the opinion of the Fund's management, common
stocks tend to appreciate during periods of gradually declining inflation
because the effective rate of taxation faced by most operating businesses
declines in step with the inflation rate (due to the interaction between
inflation and the depreciation allowances provided for under the Internal
Revenue Code), and because the occurrence of a soft landing indicates that
the economy will not suffer the disruption associated with an abrupt
decline in inflation. If the rate of inflation does decline gradually, it
is likely that gold, Swiss franc assets and the stocks of real estate and
natural resource companies would decline in value.
The Permanent Portfolio attempts to achieve its objective by maintaining a
combination of investments whose purchasing power as a whole should hold steady
or increase in the variety of economic circumstances listed above. The Fund's
management is able to make no assessment as to the current state of the economy
and has no opinion as to the occurrence of any particular economic possibility
for the future.
As indicated above, the Permanent Portfolio's investments include gold,
silver, Swiss franc assets, various stock market issues and dollar assets. The
investment categories were selected and the Target Percentages assigned in
accordance with the Fund's management's opinion of the volatility of the
investments, and their past and anticipated future performances in varying
economic circumstances. Of course, the Fund has no control over the manner in
which particular investments respond to changes in economic conditions. For
example, even in an inflationary climate there may be large-volume sellers of
gold or silver whose actions would tend to depress the prices of those
commodities.
Treasury Bill Portfolio
The Treasury Bill Portfolio's investment policies reflect the opinion of
the Fund's management that among investors' primary goals for their cash
holdings are safety and liquidity plus, when possible, a way to reduce the tax
burden on the income that cash can earn on money market investments. The
Treasury Bill Portfolio was designed for investors who wish to avoid the risk of
large price declines that can occur in the stock and bond markets and who may be
concerned about the safety of banks, savings institutions and other money market
funds, but who desire tax planning and check-writing privileges. The Treasury
Bill Portfolio therefore invests only in U.S. Treasury securities and provides
those shareholder services described in the Prospectus under the heading
"Shareholder Account Services and Privileges," and follows the dividend and
tax-planning policies described in the Prospectus under "Objectives and
Policies" and "Distributions and Taxes."
Versatile Bond Portfolio
The Versatile Bond Portfolio's investment policies reflect the opinion of
the Fund's management that short-term (24 months or less), investment-grade
(Standard & Poor's ratings of "A" or higher) corporate bonds historically have
provided high returns and their price fluctuations ordinarily are mild.
Constructing a portfolio from such bonds can be a formula for achieving high
current income without bearing the serious risks of buying junk bonds or
long-term corporate, municipal or U.S. Treasury bonds. In addition, the
Versatile Bond Portfolio follows the same dividend and tax-planning policies as
the Fund's other Portfolios. The Versatile Bond Portfolio may purchase U.S.
Treasury securities with remaining maturities of two years or less for temporary
cash holdings.
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Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio's investment policies reflect the opinion
of the Fund's management that the stock market has been the most successful
long-term investment since 1926, and that an investor seeking to construct his
own investment portfolio should include an investment whose profitability is
linked directly to the stock market. The Fund's management believes that stocks
have been the most successful long-term investment because stocks represent
ownership in the engines of wealth - factories, mines, airlines, telephone
systems, research laboratories, publishing companies, financial service
organizations and other productive enterprises - that turn out the goods and
services people need and want. Stock market investments have earned the best
profits because they feed capital to these engines of wealth, making them even
more productive.
Stock market investors, however, need caution. While the stock market's
total return has been high, it has not been smooth or steady. Most stocks are
riskier than bonds or money market instruments; and, unlike gold, stocks are
vulnerable to inflation. And there is no guarantee that the economic growth that
underlies long-term stock market profits will continue in the future, which is
one reason a prudent investor should carefully consider how much of his capital
to invest in stocks. Stocks are tightly linked to the real world of production
and commerce, and any shock in the economy (inflation, recession, political
turmoil, bad news of any kind) can translate into a shock for the stock market.
For an investor who holds only a limited portion of his investment portfolio in
stocks, the Fund's management believes that the stocks that the investor holds
should be volatile, the kinds of stocks whose prices move faster and farther
than the stock market as a whole. In addition, volatile stocks can reduce such
an investor's portfolio's overall risk by minimizing the share of his portfolio
that needs to be devoted to stocks. With less of his overall portfolio allocated
to stocks, the investor is less vulnerable to any single economic event - such
as inflation, deflation, or recession - that might be disastrous for the stock
market as a whole.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio invests in U.S. companies whose stocks have
been selected for their high, long-term appreciation potential (higher than for
the stock market as a whole). With such a selection, when the stock market as a
whole rises, the value of shares in the Aggressive Growth Portfolio should rise
more. Of course, no selection of stocks can be guaranteed to "outrun" a rising
market. While the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's stocks involve more risk than
the average stock, especially when the stock market as a whole is declining,
they also offer greater potential reward. During bull markets in stocks,
volatile stocks can put the investor on the "fast track" to high stock market
prices because, in the opinion of the Fund's management, stocks in general
typically gain much more during periods when the stock market as a whole is
rising than they lose during periods that follow when the stock market as a
whole is declining. Therefore, the Fund's management believes that in the long
term, volatile stocks should outperform other stocks.
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio is fully invested in the stock market at
all times. It does not take on the unnecessary risks that come with attempts to
switch in and out of the market. Its "fully-invested" policy assures that it
will not miss out on a bull market in stocks because it has mistakenly decided
to sit on the sidelines. And the Aggressive Growth Portfolio follows the same
dividend and tax-planning policies as the Fund's other Portfolios.
Investors in the following circumstances may find that the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio can help to achieve their objectives. An investor who has only
recently begun investing and has many earning years ahead of him may be willing
to bear short-term risks for his capital, in order to maximize long-term
appreciation. An investor whose wealth is mostly tied up in real estate,
annuities, life insurance, pension plans or trusts may desire to use any cash
available for a stock market investment in a way that is most effective. An
investor who owns high-yielding stocks (those that pay high taxable dividends)
may improve his after-tax return by replacing the high-yielding issues with
shares in the Aggressive Growth Portfolio. Although this may tend to increase
the short-term volatility of his stock market holdings, the Portfolio's tax
planning could permit more of his stock market profits to be retained, instead
of being lost to current taxes, so that his capital may grow faster. And an
investor who is interested in short-term stock trading may acquire shares in the
Portfolio whenever he believes the time is right to invest in stocks, knowing
that the Portfolio is always fully invested in stocks and being able to take
advantage of the fact that the Portfolio invests only in volatile stocks.
Thereby he can maintain a larger position in the stock market without risking
too much of his speculative budget.
Investment Categories
Dollar assets. The Prospectus describes the investment categories and
Target Percentages of the Fund's Permanent Portfolio. As a further elaboration
on the Dollar asset investment category, and for information regarding the
holdings of the Treasury Bill Portfolio and the Versatile Bond Portfolio, please
see the box on the following page. Any dollar asset is subject to default risk,
that is, the risk that the issuer's promise to make payment will not be kept.
The Fund's management attempts to reduce this risk to a very low level by
purchasing high-grade dollar assets, i.e., those which, in the opinion of the
Fund's management, are secure enough to escape default even under deflationary
economic conditions. Consequently, the Portfolios do not invest in certificates
of deposit or commercial paper, even though the yields on such investments may
be higher than the yields on high-grade dollar assets. Long-term dollar assets,
and, to a lesser extent, short-term dollar assets, are subject to the risk of
rising interest rates. As rates rise, as they tend to do during periods of
rising inflation, the market values of dollar assets decline. See the discussion
under "Investment Strategy - Abruptly-slowing inflation" above. The degree to
which the Permanent Portfolio through its dollar assets is exposed to the risk
of rising interest rates can be measured by the average length to maturity (the
"term structure") of the Permanent Portfolio's net dollar assets (the amount of
the Permanent Portfolio's dollar assets reduced by any outstanding borrowings).
The greater the average length to maturity, the greater the risk. The average
length to maturity of the Permanent Portfolio's net dollar assets will not
exceed 15 years. For purposes of computing the average length to maturity of the
Permanent Portfolio's dollar assets, the following method is used:
(i) multiply the value of each dollar asset by the length of time until
its maturity;
(ii) compute the sum of the results of (i);
(iii)from the result of (ii), subtract the sum of the amount of each debt
(including reverse repurchase agreements) owed by the Permanent
Portfolio multiplied by the length of time until its repayment is due;
(iv) divide the result of (iii) by the Permanent Portfolio's average net
dollar assets.
Repurchase agreements. The Permanent Portfolio may also hold repurchase
agreements on the dollar assets described above. (The Treasury Bill Portfolio,
the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio may also
include repurchase agreements in their assets.) See the box on the following
page. A Portfolio would suffer a loss on a repurchase agreement if the seller
defaulted on his repurchase obligation when the value of the underlying
investment had declined to less than the agreed upon repurchase price. In order
to reduce the risk of loss from such transactions, a Portfolio will enter into
repurchase agreements whose underlying investments are, in the case of the
Permanent Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio, only other Dollar assets (or, in the case of the Treasury Bill
Portfolio, Treasury securities), which in the opinion of the Fund's management
present only a very small risk of default. Less than 5% of the net assets of the
Fund during the last fiscal year were subject to repurchase agreements, and the
Fund intends that less than 5% of its net assets will be subject to repurchase
agreements during the current fiscal year.
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U.S. Treasury Bills. Treasury bills are short-term (52 weeks or less) loans
to the U.S. Government. Treasury bills are full-faith-and-credit obligations of
the U.S. Treasury and are generally regarded as being free of any risk of
default. Treasury bills are actively traded in the open market. Because of their
short time to maturity, their day-to-day price fluctuations are small.
U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds. Treasury notes and bonds are long-term (as
long as 30 years) loans to the U.S. Government. Like Treasury bills, they are
full-faith-and-credit obligations of the U.S. Treasury and are generally
regarded as free of any risk of default. Treasury notes and bonds are actively
traded in the open market. Because of their long maturities, they are subject to
larger day-to-day fluctuations in price than Treasury bills.
U.S. Government Agency Securities. Short-term notes and long-term bonds are
also issued by various agencies of the U.S. Government or by enterprises
sponsored by the U.S. Government, such as the Federal National Mortgage
Association and the Government National Mortgage Association. Most such notes
and bonds are not full-faith-and-credit obligations of the U.S. Treasury and
generally do not carry a direct guaranty by the U.S. Government itself. However,
because their issuers exist to carry out government programs, these securities
are generally regarded as having negligible risk of default.
High-Grade Corporate Bonds. High-grade corporate bonds are debt obligations
of corporations with a Standard & Poor's rating of "A" or higher and a remaining
time to maturity of 24 months or less, and may include corporate notes and
debentures. Such bonds are not guaranteed by the U.S. Government and are subject
to some risk of default; however, the risk of default generally is considered to
be very low. Such bonds also are subject to price fluctuations caused by changes
in open-market interest rates; however, such fluctuations are much smaller than
for long-term bonds and are only slightly greater than for U.S. Treasury bills.
The Permanent Portfolio may invest in high-grade corporate bonds which, in the
opinion of the Fund's management, are secure enough to escape default even under
deflationary economic conditions.
Banker's Acceptances. A banker's acceptance is a postdated check written by
a business (not necessarily a major corporation) that has been "accepted" and
guaranteed by a bank. Usually, the postdating is for no more than nine months.
The types of acceptances which the Permanent Portfolio would acquire are those
which are actively traded in the open market.
There are two, often three, guaranties behind a banker's acceptance. First,
the acceptance is an obligation of the bank that has accepted it. Second, if the
accepting bank should default on its obligation, the business that wrote the
accepted check ordinarily would be responsible for making payment to the
investor. Third, an acceptance is often secured by a pledge of merchandise or
other property. Banker's acceptances are generally regarded as among the safest
of all privately issued, short-term dollar assets. The Fund's management
considers banker's acceptances, with their multiple backing, to be significantly
safer than certificates of deposit, which represent the obligation of a single
entity.
Repurchase Agreements. In a repurchase agreement, the Permanent Portfolio
buys an investment (the "underlying security"), such as a Treasury bond, that
the seller agrees to buy back at a later date for a stated price. Repurchase
agreements entered into by the Permanent Portfolio will generally run for seven
days or less. The Permanent Portfolio earns interest on the transactions either
in the form of an explicit payment or in the form of a differential between the
purchase price and the repurchase price.
Repurchase agreements may be considered loans to sellers of the underlying
securities, with those securities constituting the collateral for the loans. The
Permanent Portfolio would suffer a loss on a repurchase agreement if the seller
defaulted on his obligation to repurchase the underlying securities when the
value of the securities had declined to less than the agreed upon repurchase
price. In order to reduce the risk of loss from such transactions, the Permanent
Portfolio will enter into repurchase agreements whose underlying securities are
only U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. Government Agency securities and banker's
acceptances, which in the opinion of the Fund's management, present only a very
small risk of default.
The Permanent Portfolio generally will enter into repurchase agreements
only with banks. It may enter into a repurchase agreement with a broker-dealer
provided that the agreement is fully collateralized and "marked to market" daily
(which would require sufficient adjustments of cash or collateral to be made
each day so that the current value of the collateral is at least equal to the
amount of the loan including accrued interest thereon). Such collateral would be
deposited with the Fund's Custodian.
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Gold. The Permanent Portfolio will buy and sell gold only to and from banks
(both U.S. and foreign), regulated U.S. commodities exchanges, exchanges
affiliated with a regulated U.S. stock exchange and dealers who are members of,
or affiliated with members of, a regulated U.S. commodities exchange or stock
exchange or approved by the U.S. Treasury as qualified to purchase American
Eagle coins from the U.S. Mint, or interests equivalent thereto, in accordance
with applicable investment laws. The Permanent Portfolio will not purchase gold
from any producer of the metal or in any form that is not readily marketable.
However, to the extent that the Permanent Portfolio actually holds gold bullion
and coins, it may encounter higher storage and transaction costs than those
normally associated with the ownership of securities. Gold generates no interest
or dividends, offering only the potential for capital appreciation.
Silver. The Permanent Portfolio's silver holdings may include bullion-type
silver coins minted by the U.S. Treasury.
Swiss franc assets. The Permanent Portfolio also holds Swiss franc assets.
The Swiss franc is subject to the risk that inflation (either actual or
expected) will decrease in the U.S. or rise in Switzerland. The price of the
Swiss franc is also subject to the imposition of exchange controls; to
manipulation by the Federal Reserve System, the Swiss National Bank, and, to a
lesser extent, by other Swiss central banks and official agencies; and to
investment controls established by the Swiss or U.S. Government. While
Switzerland has historically been a politically stable nation, there is no
assurance that the country may not become subject to the risks discussed under
"Risk Factors and Special Considerations - Foreign investments" in the
Prospectus.
Real estate and natural resource company stocks. Investments in the
Permanent Portfolio's real estate and natural resource company stocks category
are generally common stocks, but the Permanent Portfolio may acquire preferred
stocks, shares of beneficial interest in real estate investment trusts and
American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") on stocks within this category. The
Permanent Portfolio will invest in a security in this category only if it is
listed on a national securities exchange in the United States, the principal
exchange of a foreign country, as determined by the Board of Directors, or is an
over-the-counter stock quoted on NASDAQ.
Aggressive growth stocks. Investments in the Permanent Portfolio's
aggressive growth stocks category, and investments in the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio, may include stock warrants, which are long-term options to purchase
shares of stock at a fixed price. Most stock warrants are subject to expiration,
which causes their value to dwindle with the passage of time. Each of the
Permanent Portfolio's and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's total investments in
warrants is limited to a value (at the lower of cost or market) not to exceed 5%
of the Portfolio's net assets; and warrants which are not listed on the New York
or American Stock Exchanges may not exceed 2% of the Portfolio's net assets.
Short-term corporate bonds. Investments in the Permanent Portfolio's dollar
asset category, and investments in the Versatile Bond Portfolio, may include
short-term corporate bonds rated "A" or higher by Standard & Poor's when
acquired by the Portfolio, but whose ratings subsequently have become
downgraded. Ordinarily the Portfolio will sell any investment that has been
downgraded below Standard & Poor's "A" rating, but may retain such an investment
if, in the opinion of the Fund's management, the investment still appears secure
enough to escape default even under deflationary economic conditions and if such
investments in the aggregate do not exceed 2% of the Portfolio's net assets.
Illiquid Investments
The Permanent Portfolio may hold in the aggregate a maximum of 10%, and the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio may hold in the aggregate a maximum of 5%, of its
net assets in investments that have no ready market for resale and securities
for which no readily available market quotation exists, including repurchase
agreements maturing in more than 7 days. For this purpose, securities of U.S.
issuers are deemed to have no readily available market quotation if they are
restricted securities (securities that must be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933 before they may be offered or sold to the public); securities of
non-governmental foreign issuers are deemed to have no readily available market
quotation if they are not listed or traded on a recognized domestic or foreign
securities exchange; other assets of the Portfolio are deemed to have no ready
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market for resale if, in the opinion of the Fund's Board of Directors, no bona
fide market exists for the asset at the time of its purchase or subsequent
valuation. However, no investment is counted toward the limit if its bid/asked
spread (on bona fide quotes from dealers and market-makers) normally is less
than 4%, or if it is subject to a put option exercisable in 7 days or less or a
forward contract that matures in 7 days or less.
Such illiquid investments may include investments in a broker-dealer
subsidiary of the Fund in amounts not to exceed in the aggregate 1% of the
Permanent Portfolio's net assets and 2% of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's net
assets. The Fund has, however, liquidated and dissolved its broker-dealer
subsidiary World Money Securities, Inc., and has no present plans to hold such
investments in the future. Also, see "Investment Restrictions" below.
If through the appreciation of restricted securities and other assets for
which no readily available market quotation or ready market exists or through
the depreciation of unrestricted securities or other assets for which a ready
market does exist, more than 10% of the Permanent Portfolio's net assets, or
more than 5% of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's net assets, should be invested
in illiquid assets, then the Fund's management would consider appropriate steps
to protect its liquidity. Less than 5% of the Permanent Portfolio's assets and
less than 5% of the Aggressive Growth Portfolio's assets during the last fiscal
year were considered to be illiquid investments, and the Permanent Portfolio and
the Aggressive Growth Portfolio each intends that less than 5% of its assets
will be considered to be illiquid investments during the current fiscal year.
Offsetting and Indirect Investments
The Permanent Portfolio, in carrying out its investment and tax planning
policies and in maintaining the Target Percentage for each investment category,
and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio, in carrying out its investment and tax
planning policies, each may write covered call options and purchase put options
on stocks that it owns, make short sales of stocks that it owns, and borrow
money and enter into reverse repurchase agreements. The Permanent Portfolio also
may buy and sell gold, silver and Swiss francs in the forward market (including
through the purchase and sale of futures contracts). None of the Permanent
Portfolio's assets during the last fiscal year was subject to or consisted of
covered call options, put options, forward contracts, short sales, borrowed
money or reverse repurchase agreements, and the Permanent Portfolio anticipates
that none of its assets will be subject to or consist of such investments or
techniques during the current fiscal year. None of the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio's assets during the last fiscal year was subject to or consisted of
covered call options, put options, short sales, borrowed money or reverse
repurchase agreements, and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio anticipates that none
of its assets will be subject to or consist of such investments or techniques
during the current fiscal year. Although these devices are commonly associated
with speculative, short-term trading, each of the Permanent Portfolio and the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio is prohibited from using them, and will not use
them, for such purpose (or in contravention of such rules and regulations or
orders as the Securities and Exchange Commission may prescribe). The Permanent
Portfolio will use short sales, forward contracts, put and call options,
borrowings and reverse repurchase agreements only to reduce discrepancies
between the Permanent Portfolio's actual holdings and the Target Percentages in
instances where the devices appear to offer an advantage in price or yield over
a direct purchase or sale of the underlying asset, or for tax planning. The
Aggressive Growth Portfolio will use such devices only in instances where they
appear to offer an advantage in price or yield over a direct purchase or sale of
the underlying asset, or for tax planning. Each of the Permanent Portfolio and
the Aggressive Growth Portfolio expects, when it uses put and call options,
forward contracts, and short sales, actually to make or accept delivery of the
underlying asset. The Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio
would elect not to make or accept delivery only when so electing would, in the
opinion of the Fund's management, achieve an advantage in price, yield, or tax
planning. In such instances, those Portfolios would enter into an offsetting
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option transaction (selling the put and purchasing the call), or an offsetting
forward transaction (selling or purchasing a forward contract, as the case might
be), or would close out the short sale by purchasing and delivering the
underlying securities. Those Portfolios generally would incur additional
brokerage costs in doing so. The Permanent Portfolio may engage in forward
contracts and short sales outside of the United States, which might entail
additional risks. See "Risk Factors and Special Considerations - Foreign
investments" in the Prospectus.
As an example of how the Permanent Portfolio might use the strategies
described above, if the Permanent Portfolio's actual holdings of gold exceeded
the Target Percentage of 20%, the Permanent Portfolio might enter into a forward
sale for the excess amount. The quantity of gold subject to the forward sale
then would be counted as an offset against the Permanent Portfolio's actual
holdings, and the payment receivable from the forward sale would be counted as a
dollar asset.
Similarly, the Permanent Portfolio might increase its position in an
investment category by making purchases in the forward market. For example, if
the Permanent Portfolio's actual holdings of silver fell below the Target
Percentage of 5%, the Permanent Portfolio might purchase silver in the forward
market and count it as silver owned. The money payable to the seller upon
delivery of the silver to the Permanent Portfolio would be counted as an offset
against the Permanent Portfolio's holdings of dollar assets.
As a further example, the Permanent Portfolio or the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio might use put and call options to effectively reduce its holdings of a
particular stock. Those Portfolios would do so by writing (selling) call options
on the shares of stock they owned and simultaneously purchasing put options
(with the same expiration date and striking price) on the same stock. The effect
of the option transactions would be virtually to eliminate the Portfolio's
interest in the price of the stock for the duration of the options, since the
net value of the option position would (within narrow limits) change dollar for
dollar with, but in the direction opposite to, changes in the price of the
stock. The combined dollar value of the stock and the option position would be
approximately fixed, but, due to competitive factors in the option market,
normally would tend to rise gradually over the life of the options. Accordingly,
while the option position remains open, the Permanent Portfolio would count the
value of the stock together with the option position as a dollar asset.
The Permanent Portfolio may borrow money or enter into reverse repurchase
agreements in order to reduce its net holdings of dollar assets to the level
called for by the Target Percentages, but the Portfolio may not and will not
borrow for the purpose of speculative, short-term trading. The amount of any
borrowing by the Permanent Portfolio would be counted as an offset against the
Permanent Portfolio's holdings of dollar assets, and the money borrowed would be
invested to increase the Permanent Portfolio's holdings in other investment
categories to the levels called for by the Target Percentages.
Additional information regarding offsetting and indirect investments
appears below.
Put and call options. In exchange for a premium, the seller (writer) of a
call option grants to the option buyer the right, until a certain expiration
date, to purchase shares of stock at a fixed price (the striking price). For a
speculative trader, the risk assumed by selling a call option is that the market
price of the underlying stock prevailing on the expiration date may be above the
option's striking price. In that case the speculative option seller (unlike the
Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio, which would own the
underlying stock) could be forced to purchase the stock to cover the option and
deliver it to the option buyer. The difference between the option's striking
price and the stock's price in the open market would represent a loss to the
option seller.
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By paying a premium, the purchaser of a put option acquires the right,
until a certain expiration date, to sell shares of stock at a fixed striking
price. For a speculative trader, the risk of purchasing a put is that the market
price of the underlying stock prevailing on the expiration date may be above the
option's striking price. In that case the option would expire worthless and the
entire amount invested in it would be lost.
The purchase of a put option simultaneously with the sale of a call option
(on the same stock and with the same striking price and expiration date) is
considered in economic effect a short sale of the underlying stock; the net
value of the option position tends to change dollar for dollar with, but in a
direction counter to, the price of the underlying stock. The Permanent Portfolio
or the Aggressive Growth Portfolio might enter into a short sale, instead of a
combined option transaction, of a particular stock that it owned if no option
were available on the stock or if the short sale provided an advantage in price
over a combined option transaction.
The combined option transaction also involves both the payment of a premium
(for the purchase of the put option) and the receipt of a premium (from the sale
of the call option). For a speculative trader, the risk of such a combined
option transaction is that the price of the underlying stock will rise. In that
case, each one-dollar rise in the price of the stock would result in a loss of
approximately one dollar on the combined option transaction.
The only type of option transaction which the Permanent Portfolio or the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio may enter into as an offsetting or indirect
investment is the combined transaction described in the preceding paragraph.
However, those Portfolios will enter into such a transaction only if they
actually own the stock to which the options apply, and they will continue to
hold the option position only while they continue to hold the stock. Thus any
loss on a permissible option transaction should be approximately equalled by a
gain on the price of the stock. Consequently those Portfolios will not be
exposed to the risks normally associated with the speculative use of put and
call options.
Each of the Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio has
adopted the following operating policies with respect to option transactions
used as offsetting or indirect investments, which may be changed only by the
Fund's Board of Directors:
* the aggregate value of the stock underlying option transactions,
determined as of the date the options are entered into, will not
ordinarily exceed 10% and may not exceed 25% of such Portfolio's net
assets. Neither of such Portfolio's net assets during the last fiscal
year were subject to option transactions, and each of such Portfolios
intends that less than 5% of its net assets will be subject to option
transactions during the current fiscal year;
* the stock underlying the options must be listed on a national
securities exchange, and the option must be issued by the Chicago
Board Options Clearing Corporation;
* the aggregate premiums paid for all put options purchased by such
Portfolio and held by such Portfolio at any one time will not exceed
2% of such Portfolio's net assets;
* the stock underlying the options must be qualified within such
Portfolio's investment categories; and
* the maximum term of the options will not exceed nine months.
Any gain (or loss) on stocks liquidated through such an option transaction
would be recognized in the year the options are exercised. During most months of
the year, options are available that do not expire until the following year.
Thus, provided that the holder of the call option which the Permanent Portfolio
or the Aggressive Growth Portfolio has sold does not exercise it before the end
of the year in which it is written, the Portfolio could use a combined option
transaction to defer recognition of a capital gain (or loss) into the following
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year. In some cases those Portfolios might want to accomplish such a deferral in
order to offset the gain (or loss) of one stock position against the loss (or
gain) from the sale of other assets. In addition, the net proceeds of a stock
liquidation through a combined option transaction may be greater, even allowing
for brokerage costs, than through a direct sale.
The foregoing discussion applies only to option transactions used as
offsetting or indirect investments and has no application to the acquisition of
stock warrants by the Permanent Portfolio or the Aggressive Growth Portfolio.
See "Investment Categories - Aggressive growth stocks" in this SAI.
Forward contracts. A forward purchase obligates the purchaser to pay a
fixed price for a commodity (or currency) to be delivered at a fixed date in the
future. A forward sale is the counterpart of a forward purchase; it obligates
the seller to deliver a commodity (or currency) on a fixed date in the future in
exchange for a fixed price.
Except for futures contracts (the type of forward contract that is traded
on a U.S. futures exchange), forward contracts usually are settled in cash at
the contract's maturity date. A futures contract, on the other hand, usually
involves daily settlement, in cash, of the gain or loss on the commodity's price
each day. Commodity futures contracts traded on U.S. commodity exchanges are
subject to the regulation of the exchange and of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act, in order to prevent price
manipulation and excessive speculation, and to promote orderly and effective
commodity futures markets. Such regulations may include trading and daily price
limits, position limits and margin requirements. Forward contracts with a bank
or dealer generally are not secured or guaranteed by an exchange, clearing
corporation, or similar entity.
Because it is possible to enter into forward purchase and sales contracts
by making an initial payment of as little as 5% (or even less) of the value of
the commodity, forward contracts can involve a high degree of risk; even a small
decline in the price of the commodity could result in the loss of most or all of
the cash invested. The Permanent Portfolio, however, will not trade in commodity
forward contracts; it will enter into forward purchases only for amounts of
commodities (or Swiss francs) needed to meet the Target Percentages, and it will
enter into forward sales only for amounts of commodities (or Swiss francs) it
actually owns that exceed the Target Percentages. Consequently, the Permanent
Portfolio will not be subject to the high degree of risk associated with the
speculative use of forward contracts, although each forward transaction, viewed
in isolation, would still appear to involve the risks normally associated with
forward contracts. Furthermore, the Permanent Portfolio has adopted the
following operating policies, which may be changed only by the Fund's Board of
Directors:
* the Permanent Portfolio will use forward contracts only to acquire and
dispose of actual commodities (or Swiss francs) within the Target
Percentages, and not for any speculative purpose;
* the Permanent Portfolio will enter into forward contracts only through a
regulated U.S. commodity exchange or dealers who are members of or
affiliated with members of a regulated U.S. commodity exchange, or with the
ten largest (in assets) U.S. banks or ten largest (in assets) Swiss
commercial banks, excluding cantonal and savings banks, as determined by
the Swiss National Bank;
* the Permanent Portfolio's net assets plus borrowings by the Permanent
Portfolio and the aggregate price of all commodity forward contracts owned
by the Permanent Portfolio (measured by multiplying the number of units to
which the contracts refer by the price per unit specified) will equal at
least 300% of the aggregate price of all commodity forward contracts owned
by the Permanent Portfolio and any borrowings. If the 300% requirement
specified above is not being met at any time, the Permanent Portfolio will
take the necessary steps to restore the 300% coverage within three business
days. Sales of commodity forward contracts in order to comply with this
300% limitation may have an adverse impact on the Permanent Portfolio;
* the Permanent Portfolio will segregate, and maintain in a segregated
account until the commodity forward purchase contract is closed out, cash
or U.S. government securities equal in value to the purchase price required
to be paid by the Permanent Portfolio due on the settlement date under the
contract;
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* the Permanent Portfolio will not invest (including the placing of
additional margin deposits) more than twice the amount of the original
margin deposit in any commodity forward contract; and
* the Permanent Portfolio will not invest in, or be contingently obligated in
connection with, commodity contracts in an amount exceeding 10% of its
assets.
The assets maintained in the segregated account referred to above will
continue to be treated as dollar assets for purposes of the Target Percentages
until the settlement date under the contract.
The Permanent Portfolio did not engage in any forward contracts during the
last fiscal year, and does not intend to engage in any forward contracts during
the current fiscal year.
Short sales. A short sale obligates the seller to deliver a security at a
later, perhaps indefinite, date. In return, the seller receives a price that is
fixed on the date of the sale. For a speculative trader, the risk of making a
short sale is that the price of the security will rise, forcing the short seller
to purchase the security at a higher price than he receives from the short sale.
In principle, the potential loss is unlimited, since there is no absolute limit
on how high an investment's price might rise.
Each of the Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio will
enter into short sales only of stocks which it contemporaneously owns, and it
will retain such stocks so long as the short position remains open. (In other
words, those Portfolios will enter into short sales "against the box.")
Consequently, those Portfolios will not be exposed to the risks associated with
the speculative use of short sales. Neither the Permanent Portfolio nor the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio entered into short sales during its last fiscal
year, nor intends to enter into short sales during its current fiscal year.
Furthermore, the Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio each
has adopted the following operating policies with respect to short sales, which
may be changed only by the Fund's Board of Directors:
* such Portfolio will limit the dollar amount of short sales at any one time
to a value ordinarily not to exceed 10% and in no instance to exceed 25% of
its net assets; and
* the value of securities of any one issuer in which such Portfolio may be
short will not exceed the lesser of 2% of the value of such Portfolio's net
assets or 2% of the securities of that class of that issuer.
For tax purposes, a capital gain (or loss) on a short sale is generally
recognized when the seller makes delivery of the securities he has sold short. A
short sale "against the box" is treated as a constructive sale of the underlying
security at the time it is entered into. The gain (or loss) is long-term only if
the securities had been held for more than the applicable minimum holding period
for long-term capital gains at the time of the short sale.
Borrowed money. The purchase of investments with borrowed money can entail
a higher degree of risk from price fluctuations than a cash purchase using one's
own funds, since the borrowings allow the buyer to purchase more of the
investment than he could using only his own cash ("Leverage Risk"). For example,
if the buyer finances a purchase 50% with his own cash and 50% with borrowed
funds, each 1% decline in the price of the investment would result in a 2%
decline in the net value of his position in the investment. A 50% decline in
price would result in a total loss. In addition, the buyer would incur interest
expense on borrowed funds.
Borrowing also can add to the risk of loss from investment price
fluctuations if the borrowing increases the average length to maturity of the
borrower's net dollar assets, since such borrowing may increase the borrower's
exposure to fluctuations in the prices of dollar assets due to changes in
interest rates ("Interest Rate Risk"). However, as indicated under "Investment
Categories" above, the average length to maturity of the Permanent Portfolio's
net dollar assets may not exceed 15 years - a term structure that the Permanent
Portfolio could achieve without the use of borrowed money. Consequently, the
Permanent Portfolio's ability to borrow will not increase its
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potential exposure to loss from investment price fluctuations due to Interest
Rate Risk. Furthermore, the Permanent Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio
and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio each has adopted the following operating
policies with respect to borrowings:
* the amount of money such Portfolio may borrow will be limited by the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") so that immediately after such
borrowing the amount borrowed may not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of such
Portfolio's assets (including the amount borrowed) less its liabilities
(not including any borrowings but including the fair market value at the
time of computation of any securities with respect to which there are open
short positions). If, due to market fluctuations or other reasons, the
value of such Portfolio's assets falls below the coverage requirement of
the Act, such Portfolio will, within three business days, reduce its debt
to the extent necessary. To do this such Portfolio may have to sell a
portion of its investments at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do
so;
* such Portfolio may borrow only from banks in accordance with the Act, and
will also be subject to applicable margin limitations imposed by
regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board;
* in observing these limits, such Portfolio will count the proceeds of
reverse repurchase agreements (see below) as borrowed money; and
* such Portfolio will segregate, and maintain in a segregated account until
the borrowing is repaid, cash, U.S. government securities or other
appropriate liquid assets equal to the amount borrowed. See "Forward
contracts" above for the treatment of the segregated assets.
No Portfolio engaged in any borrowings during the last fiscal year, and no
Portfolio intends to engage in any borrowings during the current fiscal year.
Reverse repurchase agreements. A reverse repurchase agreement is a special
device for borrowing money. Under such an agreement, the borrower sells an
investment (usually a bond, money market instrument or other dollar asset) and
agrees to repurchase it later at a fixed price. Because it is possible to borrow
nearly the entire purchase price of a bond or other dollar asset through a
reverse repurchase agreement, such agreements can be used by traders to
speculate on price changes, especially price changes associated with declines in
interest rates. Such speculation is highly risky, since an unforeseen rise in
interest rates could cause a loss that equalled or even exceeded the cash
invested.
Neither the Permanent Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio nor the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio will use reverse repurchase agreements for any
speculative purpose. Reverse repurchase agreements have virtually the same
effect on a Portfolio as borrowing. Those Portfolios might enter into a reverse
repurchase agreement, instead of a borrowing, if the reverse repurchase
agreement provides an advantage in interest rate over a borrowing. None of the
Permanent Portfolio's, the Versatile Bond Portfolio's or the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio's net assets during the last fiscal year were subject to reverse
repurchase agreements, and none of such Portfolios intends that its net assets
will be subject to reverse repurchase agreements during the current fiscal year.
The Permanent Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio will count the proceeds of a reverse repurchase agreement as
borrowed money. Consequently, as in the case of direct borrowing (discussed
above) a Portfolio's use of reverse repurchase agreements should not add to its
potential risk of loss from investment price fluctuations. Furthermore, the
Permanent Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio each has adopted the following operating policies with respect to
reverse repurchase agreements:
* such Portfolio will enter into only those reverse repurchase agreements
that have a specified repurchase price;
* such Portfolio will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with
banks; and
* such Portfolio will segregate, and maintain in a segregated account until
the reverse repurchase agreement is closed out, cash, U.S. government
securities or other appropriate liquid assets equal to the repurchase
price. See "Forward contracts" above for the treatment of the segregated
assets.
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Default risk. Put and call options, forward purchases, short sales,
borrowings and reverse repurchase agreements all involve contracts between a
Portfolio and a bank, broker, dealer or clearinghouse. A default by any of them
could expose the Portfolio to serious loss. Although the risk of such a loss is
small, the Fund's management intends to reduce a Portfolio's exposure by giving
preference to banks, brokers, dealers and clearinghouses which, in the opinion
of the Fund's management, have an especially high degree of creditworthiness and
by giving preference to transactions that require the corresponding party to
pledge or otherwise deliver or establish collateral to the benefit of such
Portfolio.
Strategic Portfolio Adjustments
Because investment prices are constantly changing, the actual composition
of the Permanent Portfolio's holdings will never exactly match the Target
Percentages. Ordinarily, whenever the Permanent Portfolio's actual holdings in
any investment category deviate from the category's Target Percentage by more
than 1/10th of the Target Percentage, the Permanent Portfolio will buy or sell
investments to correct the discrepancy (unless it is corrected by changes in
market prices) and will do so within 30 days from the initial day of such
deviation.
The Permanent Portfolio's management is authorized to delay portfolio
adjustments whenever, in its opinion, extraordinary circumstances make it
desirable to do so. In the event of such a delay, the Permanent Portfolio's
actual holdings in one or more investment categories could deviate by more than
1/10th from the Target Percentages for those categories for a period in excess
of 30 days. Circumstances that might occasion a delay include:
1. A disorderly market, i.e., when the differences between the buying and
selling prices (bid and asked) quoted by market makers and investment
dealers are, in the opinion of the Fund's management, abnormally large;
2. A banking crisis or other financial emergency that compromises the ability
of brokers and dealers to consummate investment transactions;
3. The inability to make a portfolio adjustment without recognizing a large
short-term capital gain; and
4. The inability to make a portfolio adjustment without jeopardizing the
Permanent Portfolio's federal tax status as a regulated investment company.
The Permanent Portfolio will not delay portfolio adjustments called for by
the Target Percentages in anticipation of a change in the general price level of
any investment category.
A Portfolio may acquire assets from another Portfolio that are otherwise
qualified investments for the Portfolio, so long as neither Portfolio bears any
markup or spread and no commission, fee or other remuneration is paid in
connection with the acquisition. Any such transaction would be a cash purchase
or sale of a security for which market quotations are readily available, at its
independent current market price, in a manner consistent with SEC Rule 17a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Investment Restrictions
The investment policies and restrictions described in the Prospectus and
this SAI are intended to remain in force indefinitely. The investment
restrictions described below have been adopted by the Fund as operating policies
and are subject to change by the Fund's Board of Directors. However, the Fund
will not change any operating policy without notifying its shareholders in
advance. The Fund will not:
1. Purchase securities of companies for the purpose of exercising control or
management.
2. Purchase securities on margin, although the Permanent Portfolio may enter
into commodity forward contracts (but only in accordance with the operating
procedures and policies contained elsewhere in the Prospectus and this SAI)
and obtain such short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of
purchases and sales of portfolio investments.
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3. Purchase securities of any other registered open-end investment company
except as part of a merger or consolidation.
4. Invest in straddles or spreads.
5. Purchase from or sell to any officer, director or employee of the Fund, or
its adviser, or any of its partners or employees, any securities other than
shares of any Portfolio of the Fund.
6. Purchase or retain the securities of any issuer if those officers and
directors of the Fund or partners of its adviser owning individually more
than 1/2% of a class of securities of such issuer together own more than 5%
of such securities of such issuer.
7. Retain a custodian for its assets which shall be other than a bank or trust
company having at least $2,000,000 in aggregate capital, surplus and
undivided profits and, upon the resignation or inability to serve of the
custodian, the Fund shall use its best efforts to obtain and transfer its
assets to a similarly qualified custodian or submit to its stockholders the
question whether to function without such a custodian.
8. Invest more than 5% of the value of the total assets of a Portfolio in
securities of companies which together with predecessors have a record of
less than three years' continuous operation.
9. Pledge, mortgage or hypothecate assets of any Portfolio having a market
value greater than 15% of the value of that Portfolio's gross assets (taken
at cost), except to secure permitted borrowings of that Portfolio. Less
than 5% of the value of any Portfolio's gross assets during the last fiscal
year were pledged, mortgaged or hypothecated, and each Portfolio intends
that less than 5% of the value of its gross assets will be pledged,
mortgaged or hypothecated during the current fiscal year.
10. Use as security for borrowings of any Portfolio more than 35% of value of
that Portfolio's assets. Less than 5% of value of any Portfolio's assets
during the last fiscal year were used as security for borrowings of that
Portfolio, and each Portfolio intends that less than 5% of value of its
assets will be so used during the current fiscal year.
Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, certain policies of the Fund may
not be changed unless authorized by the vote of a majority of its outstanding
voting securities. In addition to those fundamental policies described in the
Prospectus, without shareholder approval:
1. Subject to the policy regarding a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary,
the Fund will not act as a securities underwriter of other issuers except
to the extent that acting as such may be necessary to dispose of securities
acquired by the Fund. (However, in connection with the disposition of
"restricted securities" and securities for which there is no readily
available market quotation, the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter
under certain federal securities laws.)
2. The Fund will not lend its assets to its officers, directors, adviser or
affiliates of its adviser, nor shall such persons take long or short
positions in shares of the Fund (which prohibition shall not prevent them
from acquiring such shares for investment purposes at the current net asset
value).
3. No Portfolio will concentrate its investments in any particular industry or
group of industries (i.e., no more than 25% of the value of any Portfolio's
assets, other than securities issued by the United States government or an
agency or instrumentality thereof, will be invested in any one industry).
4. No Portfolio will invest in the stock of any issuer, other than the United
States government or an agency or instrumentality thereof, if immediately
thereafter more than 5% of that Portfolio's total assets (taken at market
value) would be invested therein. For this purpose, options on the stock of
any corporation will be deemed to be securities issued by that corporation.
5. Subject to the policy regarding a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary,
neither the Permanent Portfolio nor the Aggressive Growth Portfolio will
invest in the stock of any issuer, other than the United States government
or an agency or instrumentality thereof, if immediately thereafter more
than 10% of the outstanding voting stock of such issuer would be held by
the respective Portfolio.
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6. Neither the Treasury Bill Portfolio nor the Versatile Bond Portfolio will
invest in the stock of any issuer, other than the United States government
or an agency or instrumentality thereof, if immediately thereafter more
than 10% of the outstanding voting stock of such issuer would be held by
the respective Portfolio.
7. The Permanent Portfolio will not borrow money, issue senior securities,
purchase or sell real estate (including real estate limited partnerships)
or commodities or oil, gas or other mineral leases, or make loans to other
persons, except as follows: the amount of money the Permanent Portfolio may
borrow will be limited by the Investment Company Act of 1940 so that
immediately after such borrowing the amount borrowed may not exceed 33 1/3%
of the value of the Permanent Portfolio's assets (including the amount
borrowed) less its liabilities (not including any borrowings but including
the fair market value at the time of computation of any securities with
respect to which there are open short positions). In observing these
limits, the Permanent Portfolio will count the proceeds of reverse
repurchase agreements as borrowed money.
8. Neither the Treasury Bill Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio nor the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio will borrow money, issue senior securities,
purchase or sell real estate (including limited partnership interests) or
commodities or oil, gas or other mineral leases, make loans or lend its
assets to other persons, hold more than 5% of its net assets in investments
which are not readily marketable, engage in short sales or write put
options or uncovered call options (other than as noted above), except as
follows: the amount of money any such Portfolio may borrow will be limited
by the Investment Company Act of 1940 so that immediately after such
borrowing the amount borrowed may not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the
respective Portfolio's assets (including the amount borrowed) less its
liabilities (not including any borrowings but including the fair market
value at the time of computation of any securities with respect to which
there are open short positions).
9. Notwithstanding any other policy of the Permanent Portfolio, the Permanent
Portfolio may form a wholly-owned subsidiary for the purpose of engaging in
broker-dealer activities. The total amount of the Permanent Portfolio's
capital contributions to such subsidiary shall be limited to an amount not
to exceed, in the aggregate, 1% of the net assets of the Permanent
Portfolio as of the time that any capital contribution is made. The
Permanent Portfolio shall not make any capital contribution to such
subsidiary that would increase the then current value of the Permanent
Portfolio's investment in the subsidiary to an amount in excess of 1% of
the then net assets of the Permanent Portfolio.
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Fund History
The Fund was incorporated under the laws of Maryland on December 14, 1981,
under the name "Permanent Portfolio Fund, Inc." and changed its name to
"Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc." on August 10, 1988. The Fund was
originally organized with a single Portfolio which commenced operations as an
investment company on October 15, 1982. That Portfolio continues, with the same
investment policy, and is now called the Fund's "Permanent Portfolio." The
Fund's Treasury Bill Portfolio commenced operations on May 26, 1987, the Fund's
Aggressive Growth Portfolio commenced operations on January 2, 1990 and the
Fund's Versatile Bond Portfolio commenced operations on September 27, 1991. The
Fund may offer additional Portfolios from time to time.
Investment Adviser
The Fund retains World Money Managers (the "Investment Adviser") as its
adviser. The Investment Adviser is a limited partnership organized in August
1981 under the laws of the State of California. The Investment Adviser's limited
partners are Terry Coxon, Robert F. Allen, Jr., Robert F. Schaub Irrevocable
Trusts, The Schaub Corporation, The Alan and Holly Sergy 1998 Trust and
Permanent Portfolio Information, Inc. The Investment Adviser's general partners
are Terry Coxon and Terry Coxon, Inc., a California corporation wholly owned by
Terry Coxon. Mr. Coxon also serves as President and a director of the Fund. See
"Directors and Officers" on the following page.
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The services the Investment Adviser provides to the Fund and the
compensation it receives are defined in the Investment Advisory Contract (the
"Contract") between the Fund and the Investment Adviser, dated June 19, 1996.
The Investment Adviser received the following investment advisory fees from each
Portfolio for the last three fiscal years:
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Advisory Fees Paid for Fiscal Year Ended January 31
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2000 1999 1998
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Permanent Portfolio $ 687,246 $ 775,077 $ 800,234
Treasury Bill Portfolio(1) 549,685 582,473 622,117
Versatile Bond Portfolio(2) 150,578 161,938 171,008
Aggressive Growth Portfolio 251,511 229,836 202,493
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(1) Net of investment advisory fees waived of $436,923, $466,838 and $494,877
for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
(2) Net of investment advisory fees waived of $75,751, $80,753 and $85,809 for
the fiscal years ended January 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
During the year ended January 31, 2000, the Investment Adviser voluntarily
agreed to waive portions of the advisory fee allocable to the Treasury Bill
Portfolio and to the Versatile Bond Portfolio to the extent that either
Portfolio's total advisory fee otherwise would exceed an annual rate of 5/8 of
1% (0.625%), in the case of the Treasury Bill Portfolio, or 3/4 of 1% (0.750%),
in the case of the Versatile Bond Portfolio, of the respective Portfolio's
average daily net assets. The Investment Adviser may continue voluntarily to
waive such fees, although it is not required to do so, and reserves the right to
revoke, reduce or change the waiver prospectively upon five days written notice
to the Fund.
The Contract also provides that the Investment Adviser shall not be liable
to the Fund or to any shareholder for anything done or omitted by it, including
losses sustained by the Fund in the purchase, holding or sale of any Fund
investment, except acts or omissions involving willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties imposed upon it by the
Contract.
The Contract was most recently approved by the Board of Directors of the
Fund, including a majority of the Fund's Independent Directors, on December 4,
1999; the Contract was most recently approved by a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of each of the Permanent Portfolio, the Treasury Bill
Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio on
August 22, 1996.
The Contract will continue in force and may be renewed from year to year
thereafter with respect to a Portfolio, provided that any such renewal has been
specifically approved annually by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Portfolio or by the Fund's Board of Directors. In
addition, to continue in force, the Contract must be approved annually by a
majority of the Fund's Independent Directors, voting in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of considering continuation of the Contract.
The Contract may be terminated by either party without penalty on 60 days'
written notice to the other party. Such termination may be effected on behalf of
the Fund by its Board of Directors or by a vote of a majority of its outstanding
voting securities, or on behalf of a Portfolio of the Fund by a vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Portfolio. Assignment of
the Contract to another party automatically terminates it.
Additional information regarding the Contract is set forth in the
Prospectus under "Management - Investment Adviser."
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Board of Directors
The business and affairs of the Fund are managed under the direction of the
Board of Directors who exercise all powers of the Corporation granted under
Maryland law.
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS(1)(7)
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David P. Bergland(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) age 65, Director
Attorney specializing in business litigation, currently a sole practitioner in
Costa Mesa, California. Mr. Bergland is also a writer, lecturer, publisher and
Adjunct Professor of Law at Western State University College of Law in Irvine,
California. Mr. Bergland has served as a director of the Fund since 1992.
Hugh A. Butler(2)(4)(5)(6) age 47, Director
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Computer Consultants Corporation, Salt
Lake City, Utah. Mr. Butler has served as a director of the Fund since 1996.
Terry Coxon* age 56, President and Director
Investment adviser and author since 1976; along with Terry Coxon, Inc., a
corporation which he wholly owns and for which he serves as President and
director, Mr. Coxon is the general partner of the Investment Adviser. Mr. Coxon
also has served as President and a director since 1987 of Bullion Security
Corporation, the sponsor of United States Gold Trust, an investment trust. Mr.
Coxon is the founder of the Fund and has served as its President and as a
director since its inception.
Michael J. Cuggino* age 37, Treasurer and Director
A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Cuggino has served as Treasurer of the Fund
since 1993 and as a director of the Fund since 1998. Mr. Cuggino has also served
as Treasurer since 1993 of Bullion Security Corporation and from 1993 through
1996 of World Money Securities, Inc., the Fund's former broker-dealer
subsidiary. From 1991 through 1992, Mr. Cuggino served as Assistant Treasurer of
the Fund, Bullion Security Corporation and World Money Securities, Inc. From
1985 until 1991, Mr. Cuggino was employed by Ernst & Young, the Fund's former
independent auditors, in various audit and accounting capacities, including
audit manager.
Robert B. Martin, Jr.*(3) age 56, Secretary and Director
Attorney specializing in tax matters, currently a sole practitioner in Pasadena,
California. Mr. Martin has served as a director of the Fund since its inception,
as legal counsel to the Fund and the Investment Adviser since 1994 and as
Secretary of the Fund since 1998.
Mark Tier(2)(3)(4)(6) age 52, Director
Self-employed marketing consultant in Hong Kong for more than the preceding five
years. Mr. Tier has served as a director of the Fund since 1986.
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* Interested person within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Messrs. Coxon and Cuggino are deemed interested persons because of their
association with the Investment Adviser. Mr. Martin is deemed an interested
person because of his association as legal counsel to the Fund and the
Investment Adviser.
(1) The address for each officer and director is 625 Second Street, Suite 102,
Petaluma, California 94952.
(2) Independent director, not considered to be an interested person within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(3) Member, Audit Committee.
(4) Member, Compensation Committee.
(5) Member, Legal Affairs Committee.
(6) Member, Nominating Committee.
(7) No director of officer has any family relationship with another.
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Directors and Officers
As of May 5, 2000, all officers and directors of the Fund as a group owned
less than 1% of the outstanding common stock of the Fund. No officer or director
has any family relationship with another See "Organization and
Management - Investment Adviser".
The chart on the preceding page is provided as of May 5, 2000 as to each
director and officer of the Fund.
Share Ownership
As of May 5, 2000, the following persons are known by the Board of
Directors to own beneficially or to hold of record 5% or more of the outstanding
common stock of any class of the Fund:
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Number of Shares Percent
Name(1) Held of Record of Class
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Versatile Bond Portfolio:
Bercom Nominees c/o 79,216.627 27.614%
Bermuda Commercial Bank, Ltd.
Aggressive Growth Portfolio:
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 25,723.888 9.184%
c/o Reinvest Account
Bercom Nominees c/o 48,503.376 17.317%
Bermuda Commercial Bank, Ltd.
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(1) The address for each holder is c/o 625 Second Street, Suite 102, Petaluma,
California 94952. No person is known by the Board of Directors to own
beneficially or to hold of record 5% or more of the shares of the Fund as a
whole.
Code of Ethics
The Fund and its Investment Adviser have adopted Codes of Ethics under Rule
17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 which permit personnel subject to
the Codes of Ethics to invest in securities, including securities that may be
purchased or held by the Fund. The Codes of Ethics are on public file with, and
are available from, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensation
Under the Contract, the Fund has the obligation to pay the salaries, fees
and expenses of all of the officers and directors of the Fund. The Fund
currently compensates its President at a rate of $72,000 per annum and its
Secretary and Treasurer at a rate of $48,000 per annum. Each Director of the
Fund receives $6,000 per annum plus $900 and out-of-pocket expenses for each
Board of Directors meeting attended.
On March 9, 1998, the Fund's Board of Directors adopted the Permanent
Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan
provides for payment by the Fund to any qualified officer of the Fund who is
totally disabled (a "Participant"), as defined by the Plan, a disability benefit
equal to 50% of the Participant's salary as an officer as of the time the
disability is determined, subject to cost-of-living adjustments, for a period
not to exceed five years. The Plan is renewable annually and may be terminated
by the Fund's Board of Directors at any time prior to each annual renewal. On
March 10, 1998, the Fund accrued an estimated liability of $107,808 under the
Plan and the Plan was most recently renewed by the Fund's Board of Directors on
December 4, 1999.
The table at the top of the following page sets forth information on
compensation paid by the Fund to each officer and director for services in such
capacities during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2000.
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COMPENSATION TABLE
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Name of Person, Aggregate Pension or Retirement Estimated Annual Total Compensation from
Position Compensation Benefits Accrued as Benefits Fund/Fund Complex
from Fund Part of Fund Expenses upon Retirement Paid to Directors and Officers
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
David P. Bergland,
Director $ 30,751 $ 0 $ 0 $ 30,751
Hugh A. Butler,
Director 22,200 0 0 22,200
Terry Coxon,
President and Director 86,100 0 0 86,100
Michael J. Cuggino,
Treasurer and Director 62,100 0 0 62,100
Robert B. Martin, Jr.,
Secretary and Director 63,000 0 0 63,000
Mark Tier,
Director 21,300 0 0 21,300
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CONSULTANTS
As discussed under "Consultants" in the Prospectus, Harry Browne and
Douglas Casey serve as consultants to the Fund and the Investment Adviser. Each
consulting agreement may be terminated without prior notice by either the
Investment Adviser, the Fund or the consultant. Each agreement requires the
Investment Adviser, during the term of the agreement and for 90 days after its
termination, if any, to transmit to all Fund shareholders any written statement
that the consultant may submit regarding the Fund or the Investment Adviser. In
payment for his consulting services, the general partners of the Investment
Adviser have agreed to assign to Mr. Casey a portion, not to exceed 10%, of
their share of the profits earned by World Money Managers in advising the Fund.
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Dividends from net interest and dividend income and net short-term capital
gains, if any, generally will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. To
the extent that such distributions consist of qualifying income from certain
domestic sources, they may be subject to the 70% dividends-received deduction
for corporate shareholders. The payor of a dividend on stock (as the Fund may
be) may be required to withhold 31% of any reportable payments (which may
include dividends, capital gains distributions and redemptions) paid to a
noncorporate shareholder if that shareholder fails to provide the Fund with a
valid taxpayer identification number. Other withholding requirements may apply
to certain foreign shareholders.
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Any dividend paid by a Portfolio has the effect of reducing the Portfolio's
net asset value. Therefore, a dividend paid shortly after a shareholder's
investment in the Portfolio would represent, in substance, a return of capital
to the shareholder. Nevertheless, the distribution would be subject to the
income taxes discussed here and in the Prospectus.
Redemption of Fund shares (including redemptions under a Systematic
Withdrawal Program) is a taxable event for redeeming shareholders. Any gain or
loss realized on a sale or redemption of Fund shares by a shareholder who is not
a dealer in securities will generally be treated as a long-term capital gain or
loss if the shares have been held more than one year and otherwise as a
short-term capital gain or loss. Any such loss, however, will be treated as a
long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain distribution received
by the shareholder in the year in which the loss is recognized if such
shareholder held his shares for less than six months. Also, see "Redemption of
Shares by the Fund-Tax Consequences of In-Kind Redemptions."
The Fund is required by federal law to ask each shareholder to certify on
his Shareholder Account Application that the social security or taxpayer
identification number provided is correct and that he is not subject to 31%
backup withholding for previous underreporting to the IRS. If the application is
not so certified, the Fund must withhold 31% of reportable payments (which may
include dividends, capital gains distributions and redemptions) made to those
shareholders' accounts.
Foreign Taxes
The Permanent Portfolio expects to earn interest income in Switzerland and
possibly to earn interest or dividends in other foreign countries, principally
Australia and Canada, which levy withholding taxes on payments made to U.S.
corporations. In many cases there are tax treaties between the U.S. and a
foreign country which may qualify the Permanent Portfolio for a reduced rate of
tax, usually provided that more than 75% of the Permanent Portfolio's shares are
owned by individuals who are residents or citizens of the United States.
The Permanent Portfolio may be subject to withholding taxes on income
derived from sources in other countries, but the Fund's management anticipates
that the amount of such taxes will not be significant. The Permanent Portfolio
does not expect to be able to pass through any foreign tax credits to its U.S.
shareholders. The Permanent Portfolio incurred no of foreign income taxes
deducted at the source, net of refundable taxes, during its last fiscal year.
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUES
The net asset values of Fund shares are computed at the close of business
of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time) every day that
the Exchange is open for trading ("business day"). The Exchange is generally
open for trading every Monday through Friday, but is closed for trading on
certain customary national business holidays consisting of New Year's Day,
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Since the Fund
has significant holdings that are principally traded on foreign exchanges which
may be open for trading on days other than the Fund's business days, the net
asset values of the Fund's shares may be significantly affected on days when
investors have no access to the Fund. All awaiting and accepted requests for
purchases and redemptions of Fund shares are executed, at a price equal to net
asset value per share, immediately following the computation. See "Purchase of
Shares from the Fund" and "Redemption of Shares by the Fund."
Net asset value per share of a Portfolio is computed by adding the current
value of all the Portfolio's assets, subtracting the amount of its liabilities
(including proper accruals of expense items), dividing the result by the total
number of outstanding shares of the Portfolio, and rounding up or down to the
nearest cent per share. The current value of Fund assets is determined as
follows: assets that are traded on one or more public exchanges (including stock
options) will be valued at their most recent price of the day on the exchange on
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which they are principally traded. If there is no trading in such an asset on a
business day, the asset will be valued at the mean between its bid and ask
prices. Assets that are traded over-the-counter will be valued at the mean
between their bid and ask prices. The Fund will value gold and silver each
business day at the closing spot price on the New York Commodity Exchange, a
regulated U.S. commodity futures exchange. Deposits of Swiss francs will be
valued each business day at the 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) price (converted into U.S.
dollars) quoted by Reuters. Swiss government bonds will be valued each business
day at the closing price in Zurich, Switzerland, converted into U.S. dollars at
the 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Swiss franc rate quoted by Reuters. Short-term
securities will be marked to market daily. Assets for which there is no public
market will be valued at the current price of substantially similar assets on
the basis of comparable marketability, maturity, quality and type. All other
assets (including restricted securities and forward contracts with banks or
brokers) will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors. Also, the Fund may rely upon bona fide quotations obtained from
sources other than those referred to above when doing so would, in the opinion
of the Board of Directors, better serve the fair and accurate valuation of the
Fund's assets. In the event of an extraordinary occurrence or emergency which
would affect the value of Fund assets traded on a foreign exchange, and which
the Board of Directors learns of prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, those assets
will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
As of January 31, 2000, the net asset value (offering price and redemption
price) per share of Common Shares in the Permanent Portfolio was $17.44, which
was computed by dividing the Portfolio's net assets, valued as described above,
on that date ($56,772,658) by the number of its shares outstanding on that date
(3,254,445). As of that date, the net asset value per share of Common Shares in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio were $67.88, $58.38 and $83.61, respectively, as similarly
computed.
PURCHASE OF SHARES FROM THE FUND
Shares in each Portfolio are offered for sale continuously by the Fund.
Investors who purchase such shares directly from the Fund pay no commissions or
sales charges. The minimum initial investment in any Portfolio is $1,000.
Shareholders may make additional investments at any time in minimum amounts of
$100 per Portfolio. All requests for purchases of shares accompanied by payment
therefor are effected at a price equal to the net asset value per share, as
described under "Computation of Net Asset Values," next computed after receipt
of the properly completed request by the Fund's Transfer Agent. Please see
"Purchase of Shares from the Fund" in the Prospectus for further information.
If a shareholder sends money to the Fund without clearly indicating how it
is to be invested, the Fund's policy is to treat the money as an investment in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio.
The Fund reserves the right to reject investments in part or in whole.
Complete and detailed records for each Shareholder Account are maintained
by the Transfer Agent. A confirmation is sent to a shareholder at the time of
each purchase, redemption or other transaction. Certificates for shares are
issued without charge, but only when specifically requested in writing by the
investor. Certificates are not issued for fractional interests.
The Fund has authorized one or more broker-dealers to accept purchase and
redemption orders for Fund shares on the Fund's behalf. Such broker-dealers are
authorized to designate other intermediaries to accept purchase and redemption
orders for Fund shares on the Fund's behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have
received a purchase or redemption order for Fund shares when an authorized
broker-dealer or, if applicable, a broker-dealer's authorized designee or
intermediary, accepts the order. In such instances an investor's order will be
priced at the Fund's net asset value next computed after it is accepted by such
an authorized broker-dealer or the broker-dealer's authorized designee.
Investors who purchase or redeem shares in the Fund through a broker-dealer
may be charged a transaction fee by the broker-dealer, who may place such orders
by telephone in accordance with the Fund's procedures.
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REDEMPTION OF SHARES BY THE FUND
Shareholders may redeem all or some of their shares in any Portfolio.
Subject to the limitations noted below, requests for redemption will be
accepted for a Portfolio on any business day. The price paid to the redeeming
shareholder is the Portfolio's net asset value per share next computed after
receipt by the Transfer Agent of the properly completed redemption request.
Redemption requests must be accompanied by certificates, if issued, and
must be sent to the Transfer Agent. Shareholders may be required to use a
redemption form provided by the Fund. The Fund may refuse redemption requests
not made in the proper manner. Please see "Redemption of Shares by the Fund" in
the Prospectus for further information.
Requests for redemption (whether in writing or by telephone) will be
processed by the Transfer Agent at the net asset value next determined after
receipt of the request. Because the net asset values per share of the Fund
fluctuate (reflecting the market value of assets owned by the Portfolios), the
amount a shareholder receives for a redemption may be more or less than the
amount of his purchase and may be more or less than the net asset value on the
date that a written redemption request is mailed. Any such redemptions are
purely voluntary on the part of the shareholder.
Redemption Limitations
The right to redeem may be limited or suspended by the Fund, or the payment
date postponed, as follows:
* for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange is closed or
trading thereon is restricted, as determined by the Securities and Exchange
Commission;
* for any period during which the Securities and Exchange Commission
determines that an emergency makes it impractical to dispose of portfolio
securities or to calculate net asset values; or
* during any period for which the Securities and Exchange Commission has by
order permitted a suspension for the protection of shareholders.
In-Kind Redemptions
Subject to the restrictions set forth below, the Fund reserves the right to
require redeeming shareholders in the Permanent Portfolio (but not shareholders
in any other Portfolio) to accept readily tradable assets from the Permanent
Portfolio in complete or partial payment of redemptions in instances where so
doing would present an advantage to the Permanent Portfolio in pursuit of its
tax planning objectives over a sale or other disposition of the asset. Although
the Fund's management believes it is unlikely that the Fund would ever use an
asset other than gold or silver bullion or bullion coins for any such in-kind
redemption, the assets would be selected by the Fund from the Permanent
Portfolio and generally would not reflect Target Percentages. The Fund would not
require redeeming shareholders to accept any investment that is not readily
saleable.
Investors should note that an in-kind distribution might result in
inconvenience or in financial loss or gain due to price fluctuations. The risk
of financial loss would be especially great in the case of an investment subject
to high price volatility. Also, shareholders might incur high brokerage costs in
liquidating small lots of distributed investments.
In order to reduce the possibility of inconvenience or loss, the Fund has
agreed that it will not exercise its right to make such a required in-kind
redemption unless it has arranged, on behalf of the shareholder, a convenient
opportunity to accomplish the prompt sale of the assets through a qualified
broker or dealer. Further, the Fund will not require a shareholder to accept an
asset in an in-kind redemption if the necessary costs of selling the asset (in
the form and quantity distributed to the shareholder) exceed 2% of the asset's
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value at the time of the redemption. In the event that a shareholder elected not
to use the broker or dealer provided by the Fund to sell assets distributed to
him, the Fund would deliver the assets to the shareholder or, at his request, to
his bank.
The Permanent Portfolio makes portfolio changes on the basis of investment
factors at the time and in pursuit of its investment objectives, and in order to
adhere to the Target Percentages. See "Objectives and Policies" in the
Prospectus. In accordance with these objectives, at the time the decision is
made to dispose of assets from the Permanent Portfolio, the Fund will decide
whether to sell the assets or to distribute them in satisfaction of redemption
requests.
If the Fund ever elects to dispose of assets through such required in-kind
redemptions, it will inform the Transfer Agent of the specific assets to be used
and the order in which to use them. The Transfer Agent thereafter would honor
all redemption requests, in the order received, by distributing the designated
assets. Generally, the Transfer Agent would continue to effect all redemption
requests for the Permanent Portfolio with in-kind distributions until the
designated assets were exhausted or until the Fund instructed the Transfer Agent
otherwise. The Fund might instruct the Transfer Agent otherwise, for example, if
the Fund no longer intended to dispose of a designated asset or if a particular
redemption request would result in a distribution of assets that, in the
estimation of the Fund's management, could not then be sold at a cost of 2% or
less of the value of the assets.
From time to time, the Fund at the request of a redeeming shareholder in
any Portfolio, may distribute readily tradable assets to the shareholder in
payment of his redemption. To be accepted by the Fund, any such request for an
in-kind payment must be made in writing and must be included in the redemption
request to which it pertains. The Fund will accept a request for in-kind payment
of redemption of shares in a Portfolio only as an alternative to making a sale
of the respective asset in a transaction consistent with the Portfolio's
investment policies.
In-Kind Redemption Requests
If the Fund ever elects to make assets available for in-kind payment of
redemptions, it will inform the Transfer Agent of the specific assets to be
used. The Transfer Agent thereafter would honor all written redemption requests
for a particular such asset, in the order received, by distributing the
designated asset. The Transfer Agent would continue to effect all redemption
requests for a particular asset with in-kind payment until the asset was
exhausted or until the Fund instructed the Transfer Agent otherwise. The Fund
might instruct the Transfer Agent otherwise, for example, if the Fund no longer
intended to dispose of the asset.
The Fund makes no representation that it will attempt to protect any
redeeming shareholder from inconvenience, expense or loss that results from an
in-kind redemption requested by the shareholder.
The Fund has adopted the following operating policies with respect to such
in-kind redemptions:
* the Fund shall identify before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time of the day on which
such identification is made any readily tradable assets held by a
Portfolio that are available for in-kind redemption;
* any shareholder, (except an affiliate as set forth below) may request an
in-kind redemption of shares in such Portfolio prior to 4:00 p.m. of such
day, and any such request shall become irrevocable at 4:00 p.m. of such
day;
* no such request for redemption shall be accepted for any Fund shares held
by an affiliated person or other person specified in section 17(a) of the
Investment Company Act;
* the Fund will accept a request for an in-kind redemption only as an
alternative to the sale of the asset to be distributed in a transaction
consistent with the Portfolio's investment policies;
* requested in-kind redemptions shall be limited to assets for which market
quotations are readily available; and
* the asset price used to effect the redemption shall be the respective asset
price used to calculate the net asset value of the shares being redeemed.
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Tax Consequences of In-Kind Redemptions
Under present federal income tax laws, the tax consequences to an
individual (noncorporate) shareholder of an in-kind redemption are similar to
the consequences of a redemption for cash. See "Distributions and Taxes" in the
Prospectus. The shareholder recognizes a capital gain (or loss) equal to the
market value of the assets he receives minus the cost basis of the shares being
redeemed. (The Fund would inform a shareholder as to its determination of the
market value of any assets distributed to him.) The gain would be recognized by
the shareholder in the period when the redeemed assets became constructively
available to the shareholder (or the loss would be recognized immediately on the
day the redemption is consummated), even though the shareholder did not
subsequently sell the assets. The shareholder's cost basis in the assets
distributed in kind would equal their market value at the time of the
redemption. The federal income tax consequences of an in-kind redemption to a
corporate shareholder are complex, and corporations considering investing in the
Fund should consult their tax advisers in this regard. Generally, no capital
gain or loss would be recognized by a Portfolio upon a distribution of assets
through an in-kind redemption.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE
The Fund's portfolio transactions are recommended by the Investment Adviser
and placed by the Fund's officers. The objective of the Fund in effecting
portfolio transactions is to obtain the best available prices, taking into
account services and the costs and promptness of executions. Some of the Fund's
purchases and sales of investments will be made directly with dealers and
market-makers, usually without brokerage commissions. In other cases the Fund
will use a broker-dealer and will pay commissions. In many foreign countries,
commission rates are fixed by governmental or exchange regulation or by industry
agreement, and may be higher or lower than those charged on comparable
transactions in the United States. There currently is no agreement or commitment
to place orders with any dealer, market-maker or broker-dealer. The Fund in the
past had directed certain portfolio transactions to World Money Securities, Inc.
("WMS"), its wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary. In 1996, the Fund liquidated
and dissolved WMS and has no current intention of having a broker-dealer
subsidiary in the future. Please see the chart below for information on
commissions paid by the Portfolios.
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PORTFOLIO COMMISSIONS & TURNOVER
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Each Portfolio paid the following commissions and had the following
portfolio turnover rates during the last three fiscal years:
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Fiscal Year Ended January 31
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2000 1999 1998
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Total commissions paid
Permanent Portfolio............ $ 12,369 $ 21,592 $ 10,997
Treasury Bill Portfolio........ 0 0 0
Versatile Bond Portfolio....... 0 0 0
Aggressive Growth Portfolio.... 10,368 8,978 460
Portfolio turnover rate
Permanent Portfolio ........... 23.75% 14.05% 7.66%
Treasury Bill Portfolio........ N/A N/A N/A
Versatile Bond Portfolio....... 59.52% 68.21% 55.53%
Aggressive Growth Portfolio.... 9.38% 2.73% 2.15%
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Neither the Fund's Board of Directors, its officers nor the Investment
Adviser intends to request research, statistical, securities pricing or other
related services from any broker-dealer beyond what the broker-dealer provides
to its customers generally, nor will the Fund's Board of Directors, its officers
or the Investment Adviser pay any broker additional commissions on portfolio
transactions as an inducement to sell Fund shares. Nevertheless, the Fund's
officers may, in circumstances in which two or more broker-dealers are in a
position to offer comparable prices and execution, give preference to those
which have provided research, statistical and related services to the Fund or
the Investment Adviser for the benefit of the Fund. The Investment Adviser
believes that while research and related services may be useful in varying
degrees, they are of indeterminable value and may or may not reduce the expenses
of the Investment Adviser.
The Fund's Board of Directors does not consider that it has an obligation
to obtain the lowest available commission rate with respect to portfolio
transactions to the exclusion of price, service and qualitative considerations.
Nevertheless, the officers of the Fund and the general partners of the
Investment Adviser are authorized to negotiate payment only for brokerage
services rendered and not for research, statistical or other services. The
Fund's Board of Directors does not authorize the payment of commissions to
brokers in recognition of their having provided such services, in excess of
commissions other qualified brokers would have charged for handling comparable
transactions.
TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND-DISBURSING AGENT
The Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing-agent is Chase Global Funds
Services Company, P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208 (the "Transfer
Agent"), telephone number (800) 341-8900 (from outside Massachusetts) or
(617) 557-8000.
The Transfer Agent maintains the records of each Shareholder Account,
answers shareholders' inquiries concerning their accounts, processes purchases
and redemptions of the Fund's shares, acts as dividend and disbursing agent, and
performs other related shareholder service functions. See "Redemption of Shares
By the Fund-In-Kind Redemptions."
The Investment Adviser pays all customary fees and charges of the Transfer
Agent incurred by the Fund (See "Management-Investment Adviser" in the
Prospectus).
CUSTODIAN
The Fund's custodian is State Street Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box 1713,
Boston, Massachusetts 02105 (the "Custodian").
The Custodian receives and deposits cash, holds all securities and other
evidences of investments of the Fund, receives and delivers securities and other
investments bought or sold by the Fund, and receives and collects income from
the Fund's investments. From time to time, but only upon direction of the Fund's
management, some of the Fund's assets may be held in the London, Zurich or other
foreign offices of the Custodian's sub-custodians or foreign custodians which
are qualified to act as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in
accordance with Rule 17f-5 thereunder.
The custodial agreement between the Fund and the Custodian requires the
Custodian to hold the Fund's assets in strict segregation; the custodial
agreement prohibits commingling of the Fund's assets with assets owned by the
Custodian, and it requires the Custodian to receive and maintain the Fund's
assets in a form and condition that would make them readily identifiable as
customer property in an audit or in the event that the Fund appoints a successor
custodian.
In executing portfolio transactions, the Custodian acts as an agent for the
Fund but has no part in the management or investment decisions of the Fund or in
the Fund's general administration. The Custodian does not provide trusteeship
protection or protection for investors against possible depreciation of assets.
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The Investment Adviser pays all customary fees and charges of the Custodian
incurred by the Fund (See "Management-Investment Adviser" in the Prospectus).
GENERAL INFORMATION
Capitalization
The Fund's present authorized capitalization is 500,000,000 shares, $.001
par value per share, divided into two classes consisting of 150,000,000 shares
of preferred stock and 350,000,000 shares of common stock. The Fund is currently
authorized and has registered to issue an indefinite number of shares of its
common stock in the following series: 100,000,000 shares in the Permanent
Portfolio; 100,000,000 shares in the Treasury Bill Portfolio; 10,000,000 in the
Versatile Bond Portfolio; and 25,000,000 shares in the Aggressive Growth
Portfolio. The Fund has not registered the sale of any of its preferred stock
and has no plan to do so. Upon issuance and sale, shares of the Fund are fully
paid and nonassessable, have no preemptive rights and are freely transferable.
Shareholders may require redemption of their shares. See "Redemption of Shares
By the Fund."
Holders of shares in each Portfolio are entitled to vote separately on any
change in the Fund's investment policy, as provided in Section 13(a) of the
Investment Company Act and on all matters on which the Investment Company Act,
other applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation of the Fund require a vote
by Portfolios. Otherwise, all Fund shareholders have equal voting rights, vote
as a single class and are entitled to one vote per share.
The Fund will hold an annual meeting of its shareholders in any year in
which an annual meeting is required under Maryland law and the charter and
bylaws of the Fund. Maryland law and the Fund's bylaws provide that the Fund is
not required to hold an annual meeting in any year in which the election of
directors is not required to be acted upon under the Investment Company Act of
1940. In any year in which the election of directors is not presented to its
shareholders, the Fund will call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of
voting upon the question of removal of any director if requested in writing so
to do by the record holders of not less than 10% of its outstanding shares and
assist with shareholder communications as required.
The Fund has no other securities outstanding. However, from time to time
the Board of Directors may authorize the Fund to issue additional shares of
common or preferred stock, in series, with such rights and preferences as will
be determined by the Board of Directors in authorizing any such shares. Any
offering or sale by the Fund of shares of additional series or classes to the
public would be subject to effective registration of the shares as necessary
under federal and state securities laws.
Income Equalization Accounting
The Fund follows an accounting practice known variously as "equalization"
or "income equalization." When a share in a Portfolio is purchased by an
investor, the Portfolio's undistributed income account is increased by an amount
equal to the Portfolio's undistributed income per share immediately before the
purchase. When a share is redeemed, the Portfolio's undistributed income account
is decreased by an amount equal to the Portfolio's undistributed income per
share immediately before the redemption. The effect of income equalization
accounting, and the Fund's purpose for using it, is to prevent purchases and
redemptions from influencing a Portfolio's undistributed net income per share.
Calculations of Performance Data
From time to time the Fund in accordance with applicable regulations may
advertise performance data or reprint material from the Fund's consultants or
other investment authors which contain performance data or represent that
consultant's or author's views on such matters as portfolio strategy, basic
trends in domestic and international finance and on the criteria for evaluating
and holding investments. In addition, fund performance may be compared to
statistical information and well-known indices of market performance, such as
those included in Appendices A and B as described below. Please see
"Consultants" in the Prospectus for additional information regarding the Fund's
consultants and material authored by them.
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Dollar Assets. Attached to this SAI as Appendix A are two tables that show
the historical performance of various types of dollar assets from December 1981
to January 2000. The dollar assets and their respective sources of data are the
following: 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds ("T-Bonds"), coupon-equivalent yield
reported by Bank of America; 20-year U.S. Government Agency bonds through
January 1995 and 30-Year U.S. Government Agency bonds through January 1999
("Agency Bonds"), coupon-equivalent yield reported by Bank of America;
short-term, high-grade corporate bonds ("STHG Bonds"), average of
coupon-equivalent yields for corporate bonds with maturities of one to two years
and rated "A" or higher by Standard & Poor's included in the Salomon Smith
Barney Broad Investment-Grade (BIG) Bond Index; 91-day U.S. Treasury bills
("T-Bills"), bank discount rate thereon reported by the Federal Reserve System;
3-month banker's acceptances ("Acceptances"), bank discount rate thereon
reported by Bank of America; 3-month bank certificates of deposit ("CDs"), bank
discount rate thereon reported by Bank of America; overnight repurchase
agreements for U.S. Government securities ("Repos"), bank discount rate thereon
reported by Bank of America.
Table 1 shows, as of the last business day of each month in the period, for
T-Bonds, Agency Bonds and STHG Bonds, the respective instrument's
coupon-equivalent yield and annual yield and the current market price of an
instrument whose market price was 100 at the end of the preceding month ("Old
Bond Price"). Table 2 shows, as of the last business day of each month in the
period, the bank discount rate, the annual yield and the market price for
T-Bills, Acceptances and CDs and the bank discount rate and annual yield for
Repos. All calculations of annual yields assume reinvestment of all interest.
For STHG Bonds, the calculation of Old Bond Price assumes a term to maturity of
18 months.
Stocks. Attached to this SAI as Appendix B is a table that shows the Dow
Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index daily from
January 2, 1990 through January 31, 2000.
The results shown below do not represent or guarantee the gain or loss to
be realized from an investment in the Fund. The investment return and principal
value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor's shares,
when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The following tables show the average annual total return for the Permanent
Portfolio, the Treasury Bill Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the
Aggressive Growth Portfolio, assuming hypothetical initial investment in shares
of $1,000, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, deduction of all
fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee, and complete
redemption of the investment at the end of the respective periods. Such
calculations were made according to the following formula: P(1+T)n = ERV, where
P = a hypothetical initial investment in shares of $1,000, T = average annual
total return, n = number of years and ERV = ending redeemable value at the end
of the respective period of a hypothetical $1,000 investment in shares made at
the beginning of the respective period.
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Permanent Portfolio
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1 year ended January 31, 2000 (1.16)%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.90%
10 years ended January 31, 2000 4.42%
15 years ended January 31, 2000 5.46%
17 years 62 days ended January 31, 2000 4.52%
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Treasury Bill Portfolio
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1 year ended January 31, 2000 3.65%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.15%
10 years ended January 31, 2000 4.10%
12 years 250 days ended January 31, 2000 4.59%
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Versatile Bond Portfolio
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1 year ended January 31, 2000 3.13%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.92%
8 years 127 days ended January 31, 2000 4.52%
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Aggressive Growth Portfolio
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1 year ended January 31, 2000 20.89%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 23.83%
10 years ended January 31, 2000 16.94%
10 years 29 days ended January 31, 2000 16.79%
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The yield and effective yield for the Treasury Bill Portfolio for the
seven-day period ended January 31, 2000, was 3.07% and 3.12%, respectively,
assuming a hypothetical preexisting account having a balance of one share at the
beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions during
the period, deduction of the $1.50 monthly account maintenance fees in
proportion to the length of the base period and relative to the size of the
account but not deduction of the $35 one-time account start-up fee, and dividing
the difference by the value of the account at the beginning of the base period
to obtain the base period return. For yield, that return is annualized; for
effective yield, that return is annualized and compounded.
The yield on the Versatile Bond Portfolio will be based on a 30-day (or one
month) period and will be computed by dividing the net investment income (i.e.,
dividends and interest earned during the period less expenses accrued for the
period, net of reimbursements) per share earned during the period by the net
asset value per share on the last day of the period, using the average number of
shares outstanding during the period, deducting the $1.50 monthly account
maintenance fees in proportion to the length of the base period and relative to
the size of the account but not deducting the $35 one-time account start-up fee,
and then annualizing the result. The yield on the Versatile Bond Portfolio as so
computed for the 30 days ended January 31, 2000 was 4.47%.
After-Tax Returns
The foregoing calculations of return and yield are made in conformity with
federal securities rules of uniform application to investment companies
regarding the calculation of performance data. Such rules do not take into
effect potential federal income tax effects, and as a consequence, the returns
and yield set forth do not represent after-tax returns.
For investors subject to federal income tax, the Fund's tax planning
policies described in the Prospectus under "Distributions and Taxes" may
increase an investor's after-tax return. Such policies operate generally to
defer and not eliminate the payment of federal income tax.
For example, a direct investment in a fixed-dollar instrument yielding
currently taxable interest or dividends will result in an investor paying
current tax on the entire amount of such interest or dividends without regard to
the amount withdrawn in a given year. By contrast, the Fund's tax planning
policies allow a portion of the Fund's return to be added to the redemption
value of its shares which additions are taxable to a shareholder only at the
time he redeems his shares. If an investor redeems only a portion of his shares,
the tax deferral continues for the rest.
The successful implementation of such deferral policies can have the effect
of deferring an investor's current exposure to tax under a Systematic Withdrawal
Program. For example, an investor who adopts a strategy of withdrawing each year
an amount equal to all of the earnings on his investment in the Fund will be
taxed only on that portion of the withdrawal representing deferred gain, and the
rest will come as a tax-free return of capital, thus giving the investor more
spendable after-tax cash. Similar benefits can be achieved year after year.
Investors should note, however, that these benefits are achieved by deferring,
not eliminating, the payment of taxes. Thus, the overall benefit may be small if
the investor holds all of his shares for only a few years. When he redeems
shares, the deferral comes to an end and the deferred gains on those shares
become taxable.
The advantage increases if the investor lets his gains accumulate. The
share value can grow year by year, compounding free of current tax until the day
the investor chooses to redeem. Letting gains accumulate also gives the investor
greater flexibility in his personal tax planning. If the investor is in a low
tax bracket in a later year he can redeem his appreciated shares in the Fund to
take advantage of the lower tax bracket.
If the investor uses the Fund as an estate planning tool, the accumulated
gains may never be subject to income tax. Generally, when an investment passes
to the investor's heirs on his death, all potential liability for tax on capital
gains is left behind. His heirs get a stepped-up basis and can sell the
investment without paying tax on the appreciation accumulated during the
investor's lifetime.
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Of course, while the tax-planning advantages of an investment in the Fund
may be substantial, in practice, investment yields fluctuate, and it cannot be
known in advance what portion of its income a Portfolio will add to share value
each year (it is unlikely to add all of it) and what portion the Portfolio will
pay out in ordinary dividends. Also, other investments may earn higher
before-tax returns by accepting risks that the Fund avoids.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements of the Fund as of and for the year ended January
31, 2000 are incorporated by reference. Such financial statements have been
audited by Tait, Weller & Baker, independent auditors, as set forth in their
report thereon included therein, and are incorporated by reference in reliance
upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting
and auditing. The report of Tait, Weller & Baker, dated February 25, 2000, on
the aforementioned financial statements and financial highlights contains an
explanatory paragraph that states that the Securities and Exchange Commission is
involved in public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against the
Fund's Investment Adviser and one (formerly two) of the Fund's directors and
officers.
For all periods ending prior to February 1, 1999, the statements of changes
in net assets, financial highlights and capital stock transactions included in
Note 7 of the financial statements were audited by KPMG LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and are
indicated herein in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such
firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The report of KPMG LLP, dated March
12, 1999, contained an explanatory paragraph that states that the Securities and
Exchange Commission is involved in public administrative and cease-and-desist
proceedings against the Fund's investment adviser and two of the Fund's
directors and officers.
The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of the Fund's Annual Report
to Shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2000, on request to the
Investor's Information Office listed on the front cover.
No person is authorized to give any information or to make any representation
not contained in this Statement of Additional Information or in the Prospectus
in connection with the matters described herein and therein. If given or made,
such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been
authorized.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including
the schedules of investments, of Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc.
(comprising, respectively, the Permanent Portfolio, the Treasury Bill Portfolio,
the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio), as of January
31, 2000, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets and
financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and
financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
financial highlights based on our audits. For all periods ending prior to
February 1, 1999, the statements of changes in net assets, financial highlights
and capital stock transactions included in Note 7 were audited by other auditors
whose report dated March 12, 1999, expressed an unqualified opinion on this
information and whose report contained an explanatory paragraph that stated that
the Securities and Exchange Commission is involved in public administrative and
cease-and-desist proceedings against the Fund's investment adviser and two of
the Fund's directors and officers.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial
highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of
January 31, 2000, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each
of the respective portfolios constituting Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds,
Inc. as of January 31, 2000, the results of their operations, the changes in
their net assets and their financial highlights for the year then ended, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, the Securities and Exchange
Commission is involved in public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings
against the Fund's investment adviser and one (formerly two) of the Fund's
directors and officers.
Tait, Weller & Baker
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 25, 2000
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
January 31, 2000
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
ASSETS
Investments at market value (Notes 1, 2, 5 & 6):
Investments other than securities:
Gold assets ..............................................................
Silver assets ............................................................
Swiss franc bonds ...........................................................
Stocks of United States and foreign real estate and natural resource companies
Aggressive growth stock investments .........................................
Corporate bonds .............................................................
United States Treasury securities ...........................................
Total investments (identified cost $56,266,373; $80,057,149; $17,895,873
and $9,125,226, respectively)
Cash ..........................................................................
Accounts receivable for shares of the portfolio sold ..........................
Accrued interest, dividends and foreign taxes receivable ......................
Total assets
LIABILITIES
Bank overdraft ................................................................
Accounts payable for shares of the portfolio redeemed .........................
Accounts payable for investments purchased .....................................
Accrued investment advisory fee ...............................................
Accrued directors' and officers' fees and expenses ............................
Accrued excise tax ............................................................
Total liabilities
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares
NET ASSETS
Capital stock - par value $.001 per share:
Authorized - 100,000,000; 100,000,000; 10,000,000 and 25,000,000 shares,
respectively
Outstanding - 3,254,445; 1,194,155; 309,429 and 286,295 shares,
respectively .............................................................
Paid-in capital ...............................................................
Undistributed net investment income (loss) (Note 1) ...........................
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments ...........................
Accumulated net realized loss on foreign currency transactions..................
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments ......................
Net unrealized depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities in foreign
currencies ..................................................................
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares
Net asset value per share
See accompanying notes.
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<CAPTION>
Permanent Portfolio Treasury Bill Portfolio Versatile Bond Portfolio Aggressive Growth Portfolio
------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 11,473,875 $ - $ - $ -
3,058,788 - - -
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
14,532,663 - - -
5,343,551 - - -
8,584,126 - - -
9,106,930 - - 24,019,386
2,614,380 - 16,510,460 -
16,691,048 80,028,000 1,234,911 49,985
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
56,872,698 80,028,000 17,745,371 24,069,371
636,801 - 21,233 18,064
2,496 131,324 - 64,000
473,696 1,372,324 331,800 5,390
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
57,985,691 81,531,648 18,098,404 24,156,825
- 257,880 - -
100,265 25,582 105 108,256
1,003,573 - - -
53,419 42,588 11,298 20,420
31,413 39,925 7,905 8,644
24,363 106,308 14,487 82,000
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
1,213,033 472,283 33,795 219,320
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
$ 56,772,658 $ 81,059,365 $ 18,064,609 $ 23,937,505
============ ============ ============= ============
$ 3,254 $ 1,194 $ 309 $ 286
47,611,097 81,253,103 17,781,905 7,101,164
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
47,614,351 81,254,297 17,782,214 7,101,450
7,437,661 6,209 615,981 (200,014)
1,422,779 (171,992) (183,084) 2,091,924
(268,067) - - -
606,325 (29,149) (150,502) 14,944,145
(40,391) - - -
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
$ 56,772,658 $ 81,059,365 $ 18,064,609 $ 23,937,505
============ ============ ============= ============
$17.44 $67.88 $58.38 $83.61
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Year ended January 31, 2000
Investment income (Note 1):
Interest ....................................................................
Dividends ...................................................................
Expenses (Notes 3 & 8):
Investment advisory fee .....................................................
Directors' fees and expenses ................................................
Officers' salary expense ....................................................
Excise tax ..................................................................
Regulatory expense ..........................................................
Total expenses
Less waiver of investment advisory fee ......................................
Net expenses
Net investment income (loss)
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)on investments and foreign currency
(Notes 1, 2, 5 & 6):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments in unaffiliated issuers...........................................
Investments other than securities.............................................
Foreign currency transactions.................................................
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:
Investments .................................................................
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies .................
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
and foreign currency
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
See accompanying notes.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Permanent Portfolio Treasury Bill Portfolio Versatile Bond Portfolio Aggressive Growth Portfolio
------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 1,875,377 $ 4,143,429 $ 1,059,670 $ 13,111
494,741 - - 147,084
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
2,370,118 4,143,429 1,059,670 160,195
687,246 986,608 226,329 251,511
64,215 92,398 21,030 26,732
58,043 83,498 19,007 21,421
24,363 106,308 14,487 82,000
69,042 64,335 1,627 7,910
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
902,909 1,333,147 282,480 389,574
- 436,923 75,751 -
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
902,909 896,224 206,729 389,574
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
1,467,209 3,247,205 852,941 (229,379)
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
3,074,982 (3,573) (43,072) 2,116,581
(1,614,304) - - -
(268,067) - - -
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
1,192,611 (3,573) (43,072) 2,116,581
(3,335,857) (34,067) (184,947) 2,385,745
(37,472) - - -
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
(2,180,718) (37,640) (228,019) 4,502,326
------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
$ (713,509) $ 3,209,565 $ 624,922 $ 4,272,947
============ ============ ============= ============
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Permanent Portfolio
-----------------------------------
Year ended Year ended
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
---------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Operations:
Net investment income (loss) .............................................. $ 1,467,209 $ 1,709,831
Net realized gain (loss) on investments ................................... 1,460,678 2,418,508
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions ........................ (268,067) (162,612)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments ............ (3,335,857) (2,399,261)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on translation of
assets and liabilities in foreign currencies ........................... (37,472) 33,472
------------ ------------
Net increase (decease) in net assets resulting from operations (713,509) 1,599,938
Equalization on shares issued and redeemed: ................................. (732,742) (313,988)
Distributions to shareholders from:
Net investment income ..................................................... (924,178) (691,911)
Net realized gain on investments .......................................... (2,454,747) (2,212,316)
Capital stock transactions exclusive of amounts allocated to undistributed
net investment income (Note 7): ........................................... (5,256,951) (2,625,499)
------------ ------------
Net increase (decrease) in net assets (10,082,127) (4,243,776)
Net assets at beginning of year 66,854,785 71,098,561
------------ ------------
Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income
(loss) of $7,437,661 and $7,414,839; $6,209 and $(120,246); $615,981
and $1,372,050; $(200,014) and $(202,864), respectively) $ 56,772,658 $ 66,854,785
============ ============
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Treasury Bill Portfolio Versatile Bond Portfolio Aggressive Growth Portfolio
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999 January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999 January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
<S><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 3,247,205 $ 3,746,712 $ 852,941 $ 1,023,748 $ (229,379) $ (132,689)
(3,573) (7,146) (43,072) 3,227 2,116,581 68,336
- - - - - -
(34,067) (6,913) (184,947) (63,398) 2,385,745 4,132,624
- - - - - -
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
3,209,565 3,732,653 624,922 963,577 4,272,947 4,068,271
(455,251) (329,728) (702,166) (224,680) - -
(2,832,534) (2,854,801) (481,767) (616,185) - -
- - - - - -
(11,957,645) (1,652,736) (5,753,747) 899,737 (2,099,687) (2,259,519)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
(12,035,865) (1,104,612) (6,312,758) 1,022,449 2,173,260 1,808,752
93,095,230 94,199,842 24,377,367 23,354,918 21,764,245 19,955,493
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
$ 81,059,365 $ 93,095,230 $ 18,064,609 $ 24,377,367 $ 23,937,505 $ 21,764,245
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Quantity Market Value
----------------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
GOLD ASSETS - 20.21% of Total Net Assets
11,613 Troy Oz. Gold bullion (a) ......................................................... $ 3,288,710
27,883 Coins One-ounce gold coins (a) .................................................. 8,137,654
4,297 Units United States Gold Trust (a)(b) ........................................... 47,511
------------
Total Gold Assets (Cost $14,043,295) $ 11,473,875
------------
SILVER ASSETS - 5.39% of Total Net Assets
321,246 Troy Oz. Silver bullion (a) ........................................................ $ 1,697,783
379 Bags Silver coins (a) .......................................................... 1,361,005
------------
Total Silver Assets (Cost $2,994,572) $ 3,058,788
------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount SWISS FRANC ASSETS - 9.41% of Total Net Assets
----------------
<C> <S> <C>
CHF 3,900,000 6.500% Swiss Confederation bonds, 04-10-04 ................................ $ 2,671,184
CHF 4,000,000 5.500% Swiss Confederation bonds, 01-06-05 ................................ 2,672,367
------------
Total Swiss Franc Assets (Cost $5,830,906) $ 5,343,551
------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number STOCKS OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN REAL ESTATE AND NATURAL
Of Shares RESOURCE COMPANIES - 15.12% of Total Net Assets
---------
<C> <S> <C>
NATURAL RESOURCES - 6.89% of Total Net Assets
20,000 Broken Hill Proprietary, Ltd. (c) ......................................... $ 473,750
12,000 Burlington Resources, Inc. ................................................ 384,750
30,000 Forest Oil Corporation (a) ................................................ 300,000
25,000 Inco, Ltd.(a).............................................................. 475,000
8,000 Phelps Dodge Corporation .................................................. 465,000
25,000 Pogo Producing Company .................................................... 564,063
50,000 Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc. (a) ...................................... 365,625
8,000 Texaco, Inc. .............................................................. 423,000
8,000 Weyerhaeuser Company ..................................................... 459,000
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$ 3,910,188
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Number
Of Shares Market Value
--------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
REAL ESTATE - 8.23% of Total Net Assets
22,000 Archstone Communities Trust ................................................ $ 441,375
20,000 BRE Properties, Inc. Class A ............................................... 440,000
31,000 Burnham Pacific Properties, Inc. ........................................... 279,000
20,000 Federal Realty Investment Trust ............................................ 398,750
35,000 IRT Property Company ....................................................... 288,750
18,000 MGI Properties ............................................................. 92,250
21,000 New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc............................................ 343,875
22,000 Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust .................................. 374,000
11,000 Texas Pacific Land Trust ................................................... 448,938
40,000 United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. ......................................... 385,000
29,000 Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.............................................. 203,000
29,000 Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. Class A..................................... 210,250
30,000 Washington Real Estate Investment Trust .................................... 465,000
30,000 Western Investment Real Estate Trust ....................................... 303,750
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$ 4,673,938
-----------
Total Stocks of United States and Foreign Real Estate and Natural
Resource Companies (Cost $6,044,755) $ 8,584,126
-----------
AGGRESSIVE GROWTH STOCK INVESTMENTS - 16.04% of Total Net Assets
CHEMICALS - .67% of Total Net Assets
7,000 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. ........................................... $ 207,375
10,000 Wellman, Inc. ............................................................. 173,750
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$ 381,125
COMPUTER SOFTWARE - 3.78% of Total Net Assets
6,000 Autodesk, Inc. ............................................................ $ 183,375
1 Symantec Corporation warrant (a)(d) ....................................... 1,962,342
-----------
$ 2,145,717
CONSTRUCTION - .18% of Total Net Assets
9,000 Johns Manville Corporation ................................................ $ 100,688
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$ 100,688
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Number
Of Shares Market Value
--------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
DATA PROCESSING - .73% of Total Net Assets
2,000 Hewlett-Packard Company ................................................... $ 216,500
5,000 Seagate Technology, Inc. (a) .............................................. 200,313
-----------
$ 416,813
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS - .81% of Total Net Assets
2,000 Intel Corporation ........................................................ $ 197,875
5,000 National Semiconductor Corporation (a) .................................... 262,500
-----------
$ 460,375
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE - 1.62% of Total Net Assets
6,000 Disney (Walt) Company .................................................... $ 217,875
3,000 Harcourt General, Inc. ................................................... 120,000
10,000 Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (a) ......................................... 199,375
20,000 Hilton Hotels Corporation (a) ............................................. 168,750
5,000 Tribune Company .......................................................... 210,938
-----------
$ 916,938
FINANCIAL SERVICES - 2.52% of Total Net Assets
6,000 Bank of New York, Inc. .................................................... $ 243,750
14,386 Bank of Petaluma ... ...................................................... 359,650
5,000 Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. ............................................. 206,250
3,000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company ..................................... 198,750
5,000 Schwab (Charles) Corporation ............................................. 180,313
3,000 State Street Corporation ................................................. 240,563
-----------
$ 1,429,276
MANUFACTURING - 2.33% of Total Net Assets
3,000 Harley-Davidson, Inc. ..................................................... $ 210,563
4,000 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ................................................ 234,000
15,000 Mattel, Inc. ............................................................. 156,563
2,000 NACCO Industries, Inc. Class A ........................................... 101,500
8,000 NACCO Industries, Inc. Class B ........................................... 406,000
5,000 Parker-Hannifin Corporation .............................................. 216,250
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$ 1,324,876
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Number
Of Shares Market Value
--------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
OIL AND OILFIELD SERVICES - .72% of Total Net Assets
40,000 Frontier Oil Corporation (a) .............................................. $ 305,000
30,000 Parker Drilling Company (a) ............................................... 105,000
-----------
$ 410,000
PHARMACEUTICALS - 1.05% of Total Net Assets
6,000 Abbott Laboratories ....................................................... $ 195,750
2,000 Biogen, Inc. (a) .......................................................... 172,500
4,000 Genzyme Corporation (General Division) (a) ................................ 208,000
756 Genzyme Corporation Molecular Oncology (a) ................................. 5,578
716 Genzyme Corporation Surgical Products (a) .................................. 7,250
1,245 Genzyme Corporation Tissue Repair (a) ..................................... 4,980
-----------
$ 594,058
RETAIL - .62% of Total Net Assets
4,000 Costco Wholesale Corporation (a) .......................................... $ 195,750
15,000 Toys "R" Us, Inc. (a) ...................................................... 154,688
-----------
$ 350,438
TRANSPORTATION - .55% of Total Net Assets
3,000 Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. ..................................... $ 207,563
5,000 M. S. Carriers, Inc. (a) ................................................... 107,500
-----------
$ 315,063
MISCELLANEOUS - .46% of Total Net Assets
5,000 Lockheed Martin Corporation ............................................... $ 93,750
3,000 Temple-Inland, Inc. ....................................................... 167,813
-----------
$ 261,563
-----------
Total Aggressive Growth Stock Investments (Cost $2,867,076) $ 9,106,930
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount Market Value
---------------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
DOLLAR ASSETS - 34.01% of Total Net Assets
CORPORATE BONDS - 4.61% of Total Assets
$ 200,000 7.700% American Home Products Corporation, 02-15-00 ........................ $ 200,214
200,000 5.750% Aluminum Company of America, Inc., 02-01-01 ......................... 197,638
200,000 5.650% Ameritech Capital Funding Corporation, 01-15-01 ..................... 197,664
200,000 8.875% Capital Cities / ABC, Inc., 12-15-00 ................................ 203,036
200,000 6.250% Dresser Industries, Inc., 06-01-00 .................................. 199,968
200,000 9.375% GTE Corporation, 12-01-00 ........................................... 203,532
200,000 5.850% Gannett Company, Inc., 05-01-00 ..................................... 199,848
200,000 8.375% General Electric Capital Corporation, 03-01-01 ...................... 202,874
200,000 6.375% International Business Machines Corporation, 06-15-00 ............... 200,110
200,000 9.875% May Department Stores Company, 06-15-00 ............................. 202,442
200,000 8.250% McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 07-01-00 ............................. 201,396
200,000 8.375% Mobil Corporation, 02-12-01 ......................................... 202,656
200,000 8.750% Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 01-01-01 ............................ 203,002
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$ 2,614,380
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UNITED STATES TREASURY SECURITIES - 29.40% of Total Net Assets
41,000,000 United States Treasury bond strips (Principal only) 6.727%, 05-15-18(e) ... $ 12,226,610
800,000 United States Treasury bonds 6.250%, 08-15-23 ............................ 763,504
1,000,000 United States Treasury notes 6.375%, 01-31-02 ............................ 995,625
750,000 United States Treasury bills 3.336%, 02-03-00 (e).......................... 749,792
2,000,000 United States Treasury bills 4.682%, 07-20-00 (e).......................... 1,955,517
------------
$ 16,691,048
------------
Total Dollar Assets (Cost $24,485,769) $ 19,305,428
------------
Total Portfolio - 100.18% of total net assets (identified cost $56,266,373)(f) $ 56,872,698
Liabilities, less other assets (.18% of total net assets) (100,040)
------------
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 56,772,658
============
<FN>
Note:(a) Non-income producing.
(b) Affiliated investment trust.
(c) Sponsored ADR.
(d) Market value determined by the Board of Directors.
(e) Interest rate represents yield to maturity.
(f) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $47,644,132.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE TREASURY BILL PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount Market Value
---------------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
UNITED STATES TREASURY SECURITIES - 98.73% of Total Net Assets
$20,000,000 United States Treasury notes 5.500%, 02-29-00 ............................. $ 20,000,000
20,000,000 United States Treasury notes 5.500%, 03-31-00 ............................. 20,000,200
20,000,000 United States Treasury notes 6.750%, 04-30-00 ............................. 20,046,000
20,000,000 United States Treasury notes 5.500%, 05-31-00 ............................. 19,981,800
------------
Total Portfolio - 98.73% of total net assets (identified cost $80,057,149)(a) $ 80,028,000
Other assets, less liabilities (1.27% of total net assets) 1,031,365
------------
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 81,059,365
============
<FN>
Note:(a) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE VERSATILE BOND PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount Market Value
---------------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
CORPORATE BONDS - 91.39% of Total Net Assets
AEROSPACE - 4.46% of Total Net Assets
$ 800,000 8.250% McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 07-01-00 ................................ $ 805,584
------------
$ 805,584
800,000 ALUMINUM - 4.38% of Total Net Assets
5.750% Aluminum Company of America, Inc., 02-01-01 ............................ $ 790,552
------------
$ 790,552
BROADCASTING - 4.50% of Total Net Assets
800,000 8.875% Capital Cities / ABC, Inc., 12-15-00 ................................... $ 812,144
------------
$ 812,144
DATA PROCESSING - 4.43% of Total Net Assets
800,000 6.375% International Business Machines Corporation, 06-15-00 .................. $ 800,440
------------
$ 800,440
ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 4.49% of Total Net Assets
800,000 8.750% Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 01-01-01 ............................... $ 812,008
------------
$ 812,008
FINANCIAL SERVICES - 8.87% of Total Net Assets
800,000 5.650% Ameritech Capital Funding Corporation, 01-15-01 ........................ $ 790,656
800,000 8.375% General Electric Capital Corporation, 03-01-01 ......................... 811,496
------------
$ 1,602,152
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 5.65% of Total Net Assets
1,000,000 8.625% Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 05-01-01 ................................... $ 1,019,830
------------
$ 1,019,830
MANUFACTURING - 5.68% of Total Net Assets
1,000,000 9.125% General Motors Corporation, 07-15-01.................................... $ 1,025,280
------------
$ 1,025,280
OIL AND OILFIELD SERVICES - 8.91% of Total Net Assets
800,000 6.250% Dresser Industries, Inc., 06-01-00 ..................................... $ 799,872
800,000 8.375% Mobil Corporation, 02-12-01 ........................................... 810,624
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$ 1,610,496
PHARMACEUTICALS - 9.97% of Total Net Assets
800,000 7.700% American Home Products Corporation, 02-15-00 ........................... $ 800,856
1,000,000 5.875% Upjohn Company, 04-15-00................................................ 999,470
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$ 1,800,326
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE VERSATILE BOND PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount Market Value
---------------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
PUBLISHING - 4.42% of Total Net Assets
$ 800,000 5.850% Gannett Company, Inc., 05-01-00 ....................................... $ 799,392
------------
$ 799,392
RETAIL - 10.12% of Total Net Assets
800,000 9.875% May Department Stores Company, 06-15-00 ............................... $ 809,768
1,000,000 8.625% Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 04-01-01 ........................................ 1,018,960
------------
$ 1,828,728
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 10.04% of Total Net Assets
800,000 9.375% GTE Corporation, 12-01-00 .............................................. $ 814,128
1,000,000 6.125% Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 03-01-00 .......................... 1,000,300
------------
$ 1,814,428
TOBACCO - 5.47% of Total Net Assets
1,000,000 7.250% Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 09-15-01 ................................ $ 989,100
------------
$ 989,100
------------
Total Corporate bonds (Cost $16,649,988) $ 16,510,460
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UNITED STATES TREASURY SECURITIES - 6.84% of Total Net Assets
1,000,000 United States Treasury notes 5.625%, 09-30-01.................................. $ 984,980
250,000 United States Treasury bills 3.336%, 02-03-00 (a) ............................. 249,931
------------
Total United States Treasury securities (Cost $1,245,885) $ 1,234,911
------------
Total Portfolio - 98.23% of total net assets (identified cost $17,895,873)(b) $ 17,745,371
Other assets, less liabilities (1.77% of total net assets) 319,238
------------
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 18,064,609
============
<FN>
Note:(a) Interest rate represents yield to maturity.
(b) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Number
Of Shares Market Value
--------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
AGGRESSIVE GROWTH STOCK INVESTMENTS - 100.34% of Total Net Assets
CHEMICALS - 2.57% of Total Net Assets
12,000 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. ............................................ $ 355,500
15,000 Wellman, Inc. ............................................................. 260,625
------------
$ 616,125
COMPUTER SOFTWARE - 3.16% of Total Net Assets
11,000 Computer Associates International, Inc. ................................... $ 755,563
------------
$ 755,563
CONSTRUCTION - 4.02% of Total Net Assets
10,000 Fluor Corporation ......................................................... $ 399,375
15,000 Johns Manville Corporation ............................................... 167,813
24,000 Ryland Group, Inc. ........................................................ 394,500
------------
$ 961,688
DATA PROCESSING - 5.82% of Total Net Assets
8,000 Hewlett-Packard Company ................................................... $ 866,000
4,000 SCI Systems, Inc. (a) ..................................................... 288,000
6,000 Seagate Technology, Inc. (a) .............................................. 240,375
------------
$ 1,394,375
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS - 7.09% of Total Net Assets
10,800 Intel Corporation ........................................................ $ 1,068,525
12,000 National Semiconductor Corporation (a) .................................... 630,000
------------
$ 1,698,525
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE - 10.39% of Total Net Assets
15,900 Disney (Walt) Company ..................................................... $ 577,369
9,000 Harcourt General, Inc. .................................................... 360,000
4,532 Hilton Hotels Corporation (a) ............................................. 38,239
16,000 Tribune Company .......................................................... 675,000
15,000 Viacom, Inc. Class A (a) .................................................. 837,188
------------
$ 2,487,796
FINANCIAL SERVICES - 17.76% of Total Net Assets
18,000 Bank of New York, Inc. .................................................... $ 731,250
14,000 Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. .............................................. 577,500
16,000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company ...................................... 1,060,000
30,000 Schwab (Charles) Corporation .............................................. 1,081,875
10,000 State Street Corporation .................................................. 801,875
------------
$ 4,252,500
MANUFACTURING - 8.48% of Total Net Assets
13,000 Dana Corporation ......................................................... $ 305,500
10,000 Harley-Davidson, Inc. ..................................................... 701,875
8,600 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ................................................. 503,100
12,000 Parker-Hannifin Corporation ............................................... 519,000
------------
$ 2,029,475
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
January 31, 2000
<CAPTION>
Number
Of Shares Market Value
--------- ------------
<C> <S> <C>
OIL AND OILFIELD SERVICES - 3.94% of Total Net Assets
105,200 Frontier Oil Corporation (a) .............................................. $ 802,150
40,000 Parker Drilling Company (a) ............................................... 140,000
------------
$ 942,150
PHARMACEUTICALS - 19.40% of Total Net Assets
28,000 Amgen, Inc. (a) .......................................................... $ 1,783,250
20,000 Biogen, Inc. (a) .......................................................... 1,725,000
7,000 Chiron Corporation (a) .................................................... 310,625
15,000 Genzyme Corporation (General Division) (a) ................................ 780,000
1,620 Genzyme Corporation Molecular Oncology (a) ................................ 11,948
2,685 Genzyme Corporation Surgical Products (a) ................................. 27,185
1,170 Genzyme Corporation Tissue Repair (a) .................................... 4,680
------------
$ 4,642,688
RETAIL - 5.37% of Total Net Assets
24,000 Costco Wholesale Corporation (a) .......................................... $ 1,174,500
5,000 Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Class B (a) ..................................... 111,875
------------
$ 1,286,375
TRANSPORTATION - 8.97% of Total Net Assets
4,000 Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)................................................. $ 127,500
21,000 Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. ..................................... 1,452,938
21,000 M.S. Carriers, Inc. (a) ................................................... 451,500
2,000 UAL Corporation (a) ...................................................... 114,250
------------
$ 2,146,188
MISCELLANEOUS - 3.37% of Total Net Assets
5,000 Ionics, Inc. (a)........................................................... $ 148,125
10,000 Lockheed Martin Corporation .............................................. 187,500
10,000 Ryerson Tull, Inc. ........................................................ 190,625
5,000 Temple-Inland, Inc. ....................................................... 279,688
------------
$ 805,938
------------
Total Aggressive Growth Stock Investments (Cost $9,075,241) $ 24,019,386
------------
Principal Amount
----------------
UNITED STATES TREASURY SECURITIES - .21% of Total Net Assets
$ 50,000 United States Treasury bills 3.336%, 02-03-00 (b) ......................... $ 49,985
------------
Total United States Treasury securities (Cost $49,985) $ 49,985
------------
Total Portfolio - 100.55% of total net assets (identified cost $9,125,226)(c) $ 24,069,371
Liabilities, less other assets (.55% of total net assets) (131,866)
------------
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 23,937,505
============
<FN>
Note:(a) Non-income producing.
(b) Interest rate represents yield to maturity.
(c) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc. (the "Fund") is registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act" or, the "ICA"),
as a no-load, open-end, series, investment management company. The Fund
commenced operations as the Permanent Portfolio, the Treasury Bill
Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio
on January 8, 1982, May 26, 1987, September 27, 1991 and January 2, 1990,
respectively. Investment operations in the Permanent Portfolio, the
Treasury Bill Portfolio, the Versatile Bond Portfolio and the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio commenced on December 1, 1982, September 21, 1987,
November 12, 1991 and May 16, 1990, respectively.
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by
the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements, and such policies
are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for
registered investment companies. The preparation of such financial
statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses earned and incurred,
respectively, during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
Valuation of investments
Investments are valued at market. Securities for which market quotations
are readily available are valued at the latest sale price. Unlisted
securities or securities for which the most active market is
over-the-counter are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked
prices. Swiss francs are valued at the closing spot price on the
International Monetary Market. Swiss Confederation bonds are valued at the
closing price in Zurich, Switzerland, converted into U.S. dollars at 4 p.m.
(Eastern Time). Investments in gold and silver are valued based on the
closing spot prices on the New York Commodity Exchange. Short-term
securities are valued at market daily. Investments for which there is no
active market are valued at fair value as determined by the Board of
Directors. At January 31, 2000, one such investment in the Permanent
Portfolio (3.46% of total net assets) was so valued.
Investment transactions and investment income
Investment transactions are accounted for on the date of purchase, sale or
maturity. Interest income is accrued daily and includes amortization of any
premium and discount for financial and tax reporting purposes. Dividend
income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses from
securities transactions and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of
investments are recorded on an identified cost basis for financial and tax
reporting purposes.
For the year ended January 31, 2000, investment income was earned as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------ ------------- -------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Interest on:
Corporate bonds .................... $ 50,899 $ - $ 1,001,193 $ -
Swiss franc assets ................. 259,177 - - -
United States Treasury securities .. 1,555,823 4,108,074 34,268 7
Other investments .................. 9,478 35,355 24,209 13,104
Dividends ............................ 494,741 - - 147,084
------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
$ 2,370,118 $ 4,143,429 $ 1,059,670 $ 160,195
============ ============ ============ ===========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
Translation of foreign currencies
Amounts denominated in or expected to settle in foreign currencies are
translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of
investment securities and other assets and liabilities are translated at
the closing rate of exchange at January 31, 2000; and (ii) purchases and
sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated at the
rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
The Fund separately reports the portions of the results of operations
attributable to the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on the
value of investments. Reported net realized gains or losses on foreign
currency transactions arise from sales of foreign currencies; foreign
currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on
securities transactions; and the difference between the amounts of
dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's
books verses the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or
paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains or losses arise from changes in
the exchange rate applicable to cash, receivables and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies at January 31, 2000.
Federal taxes
Each of the Fund's Portfolios will continue to be treated as a separate
regulated investment company and each Portfolio intends to qualify under
Subchapter M of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"). Accordingly, no provision has been made for United States
income taxes, as each Portfolio intends to declare necessary dividend
distributions from investment company taxable income and net realized
capital gains, if any, to its shareholders prior to October 15, 2000,
pursuant to the requirements of the Code.
At January 31, 2000, capital loss carryforwards available to offset future
realized gains, if any, were as follows: $169,011 in the Treasury Bill
Portfolio, of which $1,752, $98,561, $41,743, $5,429, $3,632, $14,264 and
$3,630 expire on January 31, 2001, January 31, 2002, January 31, 2003,
January 31, 2004, January 31, 2005, January 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008,
respectively; and $173,734 in the Versatile Bond Portfolio, of which
$86,614, $34,492, $18,906 and $33,722 expire on January 31, 2003, January
31, 2004, January 31, 2006 and January 31, 2008, respectively. There were
no capital loss carryforwards in the Permanent Portfolio or the Aggressive
Growth Portfolio. Additionally, net capital losses of $2,981 and $9,350 in
the Treasury Bill Portfolio and the Versatile Bond Portfolio, respectively,
are attributable to investment transactions that occurred after October 31,
1999 and are recognized for federal income tax purposes as arising on
February 1, 2000, the first day of each Portfolio's next taxable year.
Pursuant to the Code, 14.60% of the distributions made from investment
company taxable income in 1999 by the Permanent Portfolio qualifies for the
corporate dividends received deduction.
During the year ended January 31, 2000, the Fund's Permanent Portfolio,
Treasury Bill Portfolio, Versatile Bond Portfolio and Aggressive Growth
Portfolio incurred federal excise taxes of $24,363, $106,308, $14,487 and
$82,000, respectively, which was imposed on four percent of each
Portfolio's undistributed income and capital gains, if any. Such tax
reduced each Portfolio's net asset value, however, such undistributed
income and capital gains were retained by each Portfolio to earn further
interest, dividends and profits.
Distributions
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and realized gain
on investments, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of
such distributions are determined in accordance with the Code which may
differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences
result primarily from different treatment of net investment income and
realized gains on certain investment securities held by the Fund's
Portfolios. During the year ended January 31, 2000, the Fund's Permanent
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<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
Portfolio and Treasury Bill Portfolio reclassified $375,145 and $167,035,
respectively, from paid-in capital to undistributed net investment income
and the Fund's Versatile Bond Portfolio reclassified $425,077 from
undistributed net investment income to paid-in capital to reflect such book
and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions.
Additionally, the Permanent Portfolio reclassified $162,612 from
undistributed net investment income to accumulated net realized loss on
foreign currency transactions and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio
reclassified $232,229 from paid-in capital to undistributed net investment
loss, also due to these differences.
Equalization
The Fund follows the accounting practice of equalization, by which a
portion of the proceeds from sales and a portion of the costs of
redemptions of shares of capital stock are allocated to undistributed net
investment income. The effect of this practice is to prevent the
calculation of net investment income per share from being affected by sales
or redemptions of shares in each Portfolio, and for periods of net
issuances of shares, allows undistributed net investment income to exceed
distributable investment company taxable income.
2. INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
The Permanent Portfolio held 4,297 units of United States Gold Trust, an
affiliated investment trust, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of
$18,435 at January 31, 2000. The Permanent Portfolio received no income
from this investment during the year then ended.
3. INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
In accordance with the terms of an Investment Advisory Contract (the
"Contract"), World Money Managers ("WMM"), the Fund's investment adviser,
receives a comprehensive advisory fee monthly (the "Advisory Fee"),
computed at the following annual rate: (i) for each Portfolio, 1/4 of 1% of
the first $200 million of the Portfolio's average daily net assets; plus
(ii) for the Fund as a whole: 7/8 of 1% of the first $200 million of the
Fund's average daily net assets; 13/16 of 1% of the next $200 million of
the Fund's average daily net assets; 3/4 of 1% of the next $200 million of
the Fund's average daily net assets; and 11/16 of 1% of the Fund's average
daily net assets in excess of $600 million, such fee for the Fund as a
whole to be allocated among the Portfolios in proportion to their net
assets.
All fees and expenses payable by the Fund pursuant to the Contract and
attributable only to one Portfolio are borne entirely by that Portfolio;
all other such fees and expenses are allocated among the Fund's Portfolios
in proportion to their net assets. Except for the Advisory Fee, the fees
and expenses of the Fund's directors, the salary expense of the Fund's
officers (including payments made by the Fund under its Long Term
Disability Plan described in Note 4), excise taxes and extraordinary
expenses as defined by the Contract, WMM pays or reimburses the Fund for
substantially all of the Fund's ordinary operating expenses out of its
Advisory Fee.
During the year ended January 31, 2000, WMM voluntarily agreed to waive
portions of the Advisory Fee allocable to the Treasury Bill Portfolio and
to the Versatile Bond Portfolio to the extent that either Portfolio's total
Advisory Fee otherwise would exceed an annual rate of 5/8 of 1%, in the
case of the Treasury Bill Portfolio, or 3/4 of 1%, in the case of the
Versatile Bond Portfolio, of the respective Portfolio's average daily net
assets. WMM may continue voluntarily to waive such fees, although it is not
required to do so, and reserves the right to revoke, reduce or change the
waiver prospectively upon five days written notice to the Fund.
WMM is a limited partnership of which one of the general partners is the
President and a director of the Fund and the other general partner is a
corporation wholly owned by the same individual.
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<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
4. LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN
On March 9, 1998, the Fund's Board of Directors adopted the Permanent
Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan (the "Plan"). The
Plan provides for payment by the Fund to any qualified officer of the Fund
who is totally disabled (a "Participant"), as defined by the Plan, a
disability benefit equal to 50% of the Participant's salary as of the time
the disability is determined, subject to cost-of-living adjustments, for a
period not to exceed five years. The Plan is renewable annually and may be
terminated by the Fund's Board of Directors at any time prior to each
annual renewal. On March 10, 1998, the Fund accrued an estimated liability
of $107,808 for one Participant under the Plan.
5. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
The following is a summary of purchases and sales of securities other than
short-term securities for the year ended January 31, 2000:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------- ------------- -------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Purchases................................ $ 9,769,538 None $11,562,414 $ 2,082,105
Sales.................................... 17,056,075 None 18,129,962 4,355,124
</TABLE>
6. NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) OF INVESTMENTS
The following is a summary of net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments at January 31, 2000 for federal income tax purposes:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION> Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------- ------------- -------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of
investments with excess of value over
tax cost:
Investments in securities of unaffiliated
issuers ............................... $12,642,786 $ - $ 168 $15,253,159
Investments other than securities ....... 220,312 - - -
----------- -------- ----------- -----------
12,863,098 - 168 15,253,159
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation
of investments with excess of tax cost
over value:
Investments in securities of unaffiliated
issuers ............................... (909,016) (29,149) (150,670) (309,014)
Investments other than securities........ (2,725,516) - - -
----------- -------- ----------- -----------
(3,634,532) (29,149) (150,670) (309,014)
----------- -------- ----------- -----------
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
of investments $ 9,228,566 $(29,149) $ (150,502) $14,944,145
=========== ======== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
7. CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS
<TABLE>
Transactions in shares of each Portfolio's capital stock exclusive of
amounts allocated to undistributed net investment income were as follows
for the years ended January 31, 2000 and 1999:
<CAPTION>
Permanent Portfolio
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
---------------- ------------------- --------------- -------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Shares sold...................... 173,595 $ 2,587,458 325,975 $ 5,316,770
Distributions reinvested......... 179,410 3,123,527 142,118 2,651,913
------- ------------ ------- ------------
353,005 5,710,985 468,093 7,968,683
Shares redeemed.................. (671,730) (10,967,936) (620,388) (10,594,182)
------- ------------ ------- ------------
Net decrease (318,725) $ (5,256,951) (152,295) $ (2,625,499)
======= ============ ======= ============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Treasury Bill Portfolio
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
---------------- ------------------- --------------- -------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Shares sold...................... 546,400 $ 36,808,338 719,836 $ 47,806,798
Distributions reinvested......... 39,589 2,670,274 39,785 2,689,841
------- ------------ ------- ------------
585,989 39,478,612 759,621 50,496,639
Shares redeemed.................. (761,564) (51,436,257) (784,288) (52,149,375)
------- ------------ ------- ------------
Net decrease (175,575) $(11,957,645) (24,667) $ (1,652,736)
======= ============ ======= ============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Versatile Bond Portfolio
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
---------------- ------------------- ---------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Shares sold...................... 277,049 $ 15,163,613 409,669 $ 22,138,246
Distributions reinvested......... 7,656 445,184 9,691 566,997
------- ------------ ------- ------------
284,705 15,608,797 419,360 22,705,243
Shares redeemed.................. (389,663) (21,362,544) (403,659) (21,805,506)
------- ------------ ------- ------------
Net increase (decrease) (104,958) $ (5,753,747) 15,701 $ 899,737
======= ============ ======= ============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 31, 2000 January 31, 1999
--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
---------------- ------------------- ---------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Shares sold...................... 30,159 $ 2,324,643 58,283 $ 3,529,499
Distributions reinvested......... - - - -
------- ------------ ------- ------------
30,159 2,324,643 58,283 3,529,499
Shares redeemed.................. (58,675) (4,424,330) (98,311) (5,789,018)
------- ------------ ------- ------------
Net decrease (28,516) $ (2,099,687) (40,028) $ (2,259,519)
======= ============ ======= ============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
8. REGULATORY MATTERS
Following a routine examination of the Fund in 1991, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") instituted public administrative and
cease-and-desist proceedings on January 13, 1997, to determine the truth of
allegations by the Commission's Division of Enforcement (the "Division")
that WMM, Terry Coxon and Alan Sergy (the Fund's investment adviser and two
of the Fund's directors and officers, respectively, or, the "Respondents"),
breached their fiduciary duties in violation of certain provisions of
federal securities laws in fiscal years 1990 through 1996. From May 5, 1997
through May 15, 1997, an administrative hearing on these charges was held
before Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda P. Murray (the "Hearing
Officer") in San Francisco, California. The Respondents have denied all of
the allegations of the Division and have actively contested the
proceedings. No charges have been made against the Fund, which allegedly
was subject to improper charges by the Respondents, and the Fund is not a
party to the proceedings.
In an initial decision dated April 1, 1999 (the "Initial Decision"), the
Hearing Officer ruled that the Respondents had committed certain
violations. Specifically, the Hearing Officer ruled that the Respondents
violated Section 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940: by charging
$248,153 of transfer agent and accounting fees to the Fund's Marketing and
Distribution Plan (the "12b-1 Plan") during calendar year 1990; by causing
the excessive capitalization of a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Permanent
Portfolio (World Money Securities, Inc. or, "WMS") of $850,000 and charging
it in 1990 and 1991 for printing costs related to the distribution of
shares in the Treasury Bill Portfolio, Versatile Bond Portfolio and
Aggressive Growth Portfolio in the amount of $336,571; by charging WMS
excessive rent and improper underwriting costs of $72,426; and by acquiring
a "call option" in 1990 prohibited by the Fund's fundamental investment
policies and managing the investment for the advantage of a client of an
officer of the Fund. The Hearing Officer also ruled that the Respondents
violated or aided and abetted violations of: Section 12(b) of the ICA and
Rule 12b-1 thereunder, by receiving unauthorized reimbursements in calendar
year 1990 of $214,270 under the Fund's 12b-1 Plan and by providing
insufficient information regarding the 12b-1 Plan to the Fund's Board of
Directors; Section 13(a)(3) of the ICA by acquiring the "call option;"
Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Exchange
Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Section 34(b) of the ICA by
making misleading statements in the Fund's registration materials; Section
10(b) of the ICA by using WMS as a principal underwriter for the Fund; and
Section 17(d) of the ICA and Rule 17d-1 thereunder, by causing WMS to be
excessively capitalized.
The Hearing Officer ordered that the Respondents: cease and desist from
committing further violations; be suspended from association with any
registered investment adviser or investment company for a period of three
months; disgorge $1,608,018, pay prejudgment interest of $1,236,726 and pay
civil penalties of $140,000.
The Respondents believe that the Hearing Officer's Initial Decision is
incorrect and contains reviewable errors. Accordingly, on April 22, 1999,
they filed petitions for review by the Commission. On April 21, 1999, the
Division also filed a petition for review by the Commission of certain
sanctions contained in the Initial Decision, seeking to bar WMM from acting
as an investment adviser and to bar Terry Coxon from association with any
registered investment adviser or investment company for one year with a
right to reapply. Thereafter, the Commission granted the petitions and has
accepted the review of the Initial Decision.
Continued on following page.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2000
Under the Fund's Bylaws, the Fund is obligated to advance expenses incurred
by the Respondents in the proceedings upon their undertaking to repay the
advances, in the event it is ultimately determined that they have committed
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of
their duties. The Fund has therefore incurred, and may continue to incur,
such expenses in connection with the allegations, including amounts paid by
WMM to persons who are directors and officers of the Fund for their
litigation expenses. The Fund neither paid nor advanced such expenses
during the year ended January 31, 2000.
The Initial Decision of the Hearing Officer does not become effective until
the Commission's decision, which could affirm, reverse or modify the
Initial Decision. WMM continues to act as investment adviser of the Fund,
and Terry Coxon continues to serve as President and a director of the Fund.
Alan Sergy retired from the Fund for medical reasons in March 1998 and,
except for payments being made under the Fund's Long Term Disability Pan
(see Note 4), is no longer associated with the Fund.
The ultimate outcome of these proceedings is unknown. The Fund's Board of
Directors intends to continue to monitor the proceedings and to take such
actions as may be appropriate to assure the availability to the Fund of
such investment advice and administrative support as may be necessary to
continuously implement the Fund's investment policies and investment
objectives.
The Fund paid or reimbursed the following legal expenses (and during the
years ended January 31, 1995 through January 31, 1999, the indemnification
expenses described above) during the years ended January 31, 1992 through
2000:
Permanent Treasury Bill Versatile Bond Aggressive Growth
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------- ------------- -------------- -----------------
1992 .... $ - $ - $ - $ -
1993 .... 52,331 63,961 - -
1994 .... - - - -
1995 .... 78,010 71,156 6,213 1,777
1996 .... 26,100 22,233 1,646 848
1997 .... 53,511 43,469 3,046 2,640
1998 .... 325,585 293,026 - 32,558
1999 .... 14,333 14,015 11,155 11,473
2000 .... 69,042 64,335 1,627 7,910
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
$ 618,912 $ 572,195 $ 23,687 $ 57,206
========== ========== ========== ==========
On June 1, 1999, the financial information contained in the Fund's prospectus
became stale and the Fund ceased to have a current prospectus. The Fund filed a
new, updated prospectus which became effective September 24, 1999.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
Financial highlights for the Permanent Portfolio
For each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:
<CAPTION>
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31,
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 18.71 $ 19.08 $ 18.40 $ 18.80 $ 16.51
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (1).............. .43 .47 .37 .52 .50
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments and foreign
currencies ........................... (.64) - 1.01 (.41) 2.17
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total income (loss) from
investment operations (.21) .47 1.38 .11 2.67
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ................ (.29) (.20) (.34) (.42) (.38)
Net realized gain on investments (2)... (.77) (.64) (.36) (.09) -
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total distributions (1.06) (.84) (.70) (.51) (.38)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net asset value, end of year $ 17.44 $ 18.71 $ 19.08 $ 18.40 $ 18.80
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Total return (3) ......................... (1.11)% 2.48% 7.57% .57% 16.20%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)... $ 56,773 $ 66,855 $ 71,099 $ 72,992 $ 76,641
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Ratio of expenses to average net assets.. 1.47% 1.43% 1.91% 1.49% 1.35%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ................. 2.39% 2.48% 1.96% 2.78% 2.85%
Portfolio turnover rate ................. 23,75% 14.05% 7.66% 12.29% 9.96%
<FN>
(l) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Capital gain distribution pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Code.
(3) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE TREASURY BILL PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
Financial highlights for the Treasury Bill Portfolio
For each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:
<CAPTION>
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31,
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 67.97 $ 67.56 $ 67.55 $ 67.84 $ 66.40
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (1)(2)................ 2.51 2.72 2.69 2.84 3.22
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments (3) ........................ (.01) .03 .06 .01 .06
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total income from investment operations 2.50 2.75 2.75 2.85 3.28
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ..................... (2.59) (2.34) (2.74) (3.14) (1.84)
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total distributions (2.59) (2.34) (2.74) (3.14) (1.84)
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net asset value, end of year $ 67.88 $ 67.97 $ 67.56 $ 67.55 $ 67.84
========= ========= ========== ========== ==========
Total return (4) ............................... 3.70% 4.09% 4.09% 4.23% 4.95%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) ...... $ 81,059 $ 93,095 $ 94,200 $ 105,342 $ 114,667
========= ========= ========== ========== ==========
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (2) .. 1.02% .96% 1.20% .90% .82%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ..................... 3.70% 4.01% 3.98% 4.19% 4.79%
<FN>
(1) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Due to the waiver of advisory fees, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets was reduced by .50% for the year ended January 31, 2000 and .50%,
.50%, .50% and .50% for the years ended January 31,1999, 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. Without this waiver, the net investment income per
share would have been $2.01 for the year ended January 31, 2000 and $2.24,
$2.19, $2.37 and $2.78 for the years then ended.
(3) Per share net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments may
not correspond with the change in aggregate unrealized gains and losses in
the Portfolio's securities because of the timing of sales and repurchases
of the Portfolio's shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the
Portfolio.
(4) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE VERSATILE BOND PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
Financial highlights for the Versatile Bond Portfolio
For each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:
<CAPTION>
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31,
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 58.83 $ 58.58 $ 57.24 $ 56.85 $ 54.90
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (1)(2) ............ 2.44 2.77 2.87 2.94 2.91
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments (3) .................... (.58) (.08) .17 (.34) 1.05
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total income from investment operations 1.86 2.69 3.04 2.60 3.96
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ................... (2.31) (2.44) (1.70) (2.21) (2.01)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total distributions (2.31) (2.44) (1.70) (2.21) (2.01)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net asset value, end of year $ 58.38 $ 58.83 $ 58.58 $ 57.24 $ 56.85
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Total return (4) ............................ 3.18% 4.61% 5.33% 4.58% 7.24%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)...... $ 18,065 $ 24,377 $ 23,355 $ 21,345 $ 20,137
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (2). 1.01% 1.08% 1.01% .97% .89%
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets ................... 4.16% 4.72% 4.95% 5.16% 5.21%
Portfolio turnover rate ................... 59.52% 68.21% 55.53% 102.29% 51.64%
<FN>
(1) Net investment income is based on average net assets per share outstanding
during the year.
(2) Due to the waiver of advisory fees, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets was reduced by .37% for the year ended January 31, 2000 and .37%,
.38%, .38% and .37% for the years ended January 31 ,1999, 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. Without this waiver, the net investment income per
share would have been $2.14 for the year ended January 31, 2000 and $2.48,
$2.59, $2.66 and $2.65 for the years then ended.
(3) Per share net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments may
not correspond with the change in aggregate unrealized gains and losses in
the Portfolio's securities because of the timing of sales and repurchases
of the Portfolio's shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the
Portfolio.
(4) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO
<TABLE>
Financial highlights for the Aggressive Growth Portfolio
For each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:
<CAPTION>
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31, January 31,
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 69.13 $ 56.24 $ 47.66 $ 40.65 $ 31.61
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)(1).................... (.78) (.41) (.31) .26 (.02)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
on investments ................................. 15.26 13.30 11.97 7.05 10.68
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Total income from investment operations 14.48 12.89 11.66 7.31 10.66
Less distributions from:
Net investment income ............................ - - (.19) (.25) (.11)
Net realized gain on investments (2)............... - - (2.89) (.05) (1.51)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Total distributions - - (3.08) (.30) (1.62)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Net asset value, end of year $ 83.61 $ 69.13 $ 56.24 $ 47.66 $ 40.65
========== ========== ========== ========== =========
Total return (3) ..................................... 20.95% 22.92% 24.41% 18.00% 33.78%
Ratios / supplemental data:
Net assets, end of year (in thousands) ............. $ 23,938 $ 21,764 $ 19,955 $ 15,417 $ 11,067
========== ========== ========== ========== =========
Ratio of expenses to average net assets ............. 1.73% 1.39% 1.46% 1.33% 1.19%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net
assets.............................................. (1.02)% (.65)% (.60)% .59% (.06)%
Portfolio turnover rate ............................. 9.38% 2.73% 2.15% 21.32% 18.94%
<FN>
(1) Net investment income (loss) is based on average net assets per share
outstanding during the year.
(2) Capital gain distribution pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Code.
(3) Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and deduction of
all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and the
$1.50 monthly account maintenance fee.
</FN>
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO
(Graph omitted, see description on page 33)
--- Permanent Portfolio
... United States Treasury bills*
* Three-month United States Treasury bills are short-term loans to
the United States Government with a maturity of three months.
Treasury bills are full-faith-and-credit obligations of the
United States Treasury and are generally regarded as being free
of any risk of default.
See page 33 for explanation of graphs.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
VERSATILE BOND PORTFOLIO
(Graph omitted, see description on page 33)
--- Versatile Bond Portfolio
... Salomon Smith Barney AAA/AA 1-3 Year Corporate Index*
* The Salomon Smith Barney AAA/AA 1-3 Year Corporate Index is a
component of the Salomon Smith Barney Broad Investment-Grade
(BIG) Bond Index. It is market-capitalization weighted and
includes bonds rated AAA or AA by Standard & Poor's or Moody's
with maturities of one to three years and a minimum amount
outstanding of $100 million.
See page 33 for explanation of graphs.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
(Graph omitted, see description on page 33)
--- Aggressive Growth Portfolio
... Dow Jones Industrial Average*
* The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an average of the stock
prices of 30 large companies and represents a widely recognized
unmanaged portfolio of common stocks.
See following page for explanation of graphs.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
The graphs on pages 30 through 32 compare the initial account value and
subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed ten
fiscal years of the Permanent Portfolio and the Aggressive Growth Portfolio, and
of the most recently completed fiscal years since the commencement of investment
operations for the Versatile Bond Portfolio, assuming a $10,000 investment in
the Portfolio at the beginning of the first fiscal year and reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions, to a $10,000 investment over the same periods in
comparable broad-based securities market indicies. A graph is not provided for
the Treasury Bill Portfolio because it is a money market portfolio. The tables
below show each of the Fund's Portfolio's average annual total returns for the
periods indicated, assuming a hypothetical investment in shares of $1,000,
reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, deduction of all fees and
expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee and complete redemption of
the investment at the end of the period. Past performance is not predictive of
future performance and does not guarantee future gain or loss to be realized
from an investment in any Portfolio. The investment return and principal value
of an investment in a Portfolio will fluctuate so that an investor's shares,
when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Permanent Portfolio(1) Treasury Bill Portfolio (2)(5)
--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
<S><C> <C> <C> <C>
1 year ended January 31, 2000 (1.16)% 1 year ended January 31, 2000 3.65%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.90% 5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.15%
10 years ended January 31, 2000 4.42% 10 years ended January 31, 2000 4.10%
15 years ended January 31, 2000 5.46% 12 years 250 days ended
17 years 62 days ended January 31, 2000 4.59%
January 31, 2000 4.52%
Aggressive Growth Portfolio(3) Versatile Bond Portfolio (4)(6)
--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
<C> <C> <C> <C>
1 year ended January 31, 2000 20.89% 1 year ended January 31, 2000 3.13%
5 years ended January 31, 2000 23.83% 5 years ended January 31, 2000 4.92%
10 years ended January 31, 2000 16.94% 8 years 127 days ended
10 years 29 days ended January 31, 2000 4.52%
January 31, 2000 16.79%
</TABLE>
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(1) The Permanent Portfolio commenced operations on December 1, 1982.
(2) The Treasury Bill Portfolio commenced operations on May 26, 1987.
(3) The Aggressive Growth Portfolio commenced operations on January 2, 1990.
(4) The Versatile Bond Portfolio commenced operations on September 27, 1991.
(5) Yield on the Treasury Bill Portfolio for the seven days ended January 31,
2000, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and
deduction of all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up
fee, was 3.07%, and effective yield was 3.12%.
(6) The 30-day SEC standardized yield for the Versatile Bond Portfolio at
January 31, 2000, calculated by dividing the net investment income per
share earned during the specified 30-day period by the net asset value per
share on the last day of the period and annualizing the resulting figure,
and assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and deduction
of all fees and expenses except the $35 one-time account start-up fee, was
4.47%.
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PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis
Permanent Portfolio
The Permanent Portfolio's investment objective is to preserve and increase
the purchasing power of its shares over the long term. The Portfolio
invests fixed target percentages of its net assets in gold, silver, Swiss
franc assets, stocks of real estate and natural resource companies,
aggressive growth stocks and dollar assets such as United States Treasury
securities. The strong performance of U.S. growth and natural resource
stocks throughout 1999 was more than offset by weakness in gold assets, the
stocks of real estate investment trusts, United States Treasury securities
and the relative value of the Swiss franc. Accordingly, the Portfolio
achieved a total return of (1.11%) for the year ended January 31, 2000, as
compared to an annualized inflation rate of 2.70% during the year then
ended.
Treasury Bill Portfolio
The Treasury Bill Portfolio's investment objective is to achieve high
current income, consistent with safety and liquidity of principal. It
invests in short-term United States Treasury securities. The Portfolio
achieved a total return of 3.70% and maintained an average maturity of
between 60 and 90 days throughout the year ended January 31, 2000. This
return was consistent with other money market funds that invest primarily
in short-term United States Treasury securities.
Versatile Bond Portfolio
The Versatile Bond Portfolio's investment objective is to achieve high
current income while limiting risk to principal. It invests in a
diversified portfolio of short-term corporate bonds rated "A" or higher by
Standard & Poor's. The Portfolio achieved a total return of 3.18% while
maintaining an average maturity of between 270 and 450 days throughout the
year ended January 31, 2000. This return was consistent with other mutual
funds that invest primarily in corporate bonds of similar safety, liquidity
and maturity.
Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The Aggressive Growth Portfolio's investment objective is to achieve high
long-term appreciation. It is fully invested at all times in a diversified
portfolio of domestic stocks and stock warrants selected for high profit
potential. The Portfolio achieved a total return of 20.95% for the year
ended January 31, 2000, as compared to 18.67% for the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and 10.33% the Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index during the year
then ended.
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INVESTMENT ADVISER The
World Money Managers PERMANENT
Terry Coxon, General Partner PORTFOLIO
625 Second Street Family of Funds
Petaluma, California 94952
CONSULTANTS TO THE FUND
Harry Browne
Douglas Casey
TRANSFER AGENT
Chase Global Funds Services Company
P.O. Box 2798
Boston, Massachusetts 02208
(for overnight delivery services,
73 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108)
1 (800) 341-8900
In Mass. 1 (617) 557-8000
CUSTODIAN
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, Massachusetts 02105
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Tait, Weller & Baker
Eight Penn Center Plaza
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
INVESTOR'S INFORMATION OFFICE
P.O. Box 5847 ANNUAL REPORT
Austin, Texas 78763 January 31, 2000
1 (800)531-5142 Nationwide
Local 1 (512)453-7558
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Appendix A
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<TABLE>
Table 1
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bonds T-Bonds T-Bonds Agency Agency Agency STHG STHG STHG
Coupon- Annual Old Bond Bonds Bonds Bonds Old Bonds Bonds Bonds
Equivalent Yield Price Coupon- Annual Bond Coupon Annual Old Bond
Yield Equivalent Yield Price Equivalent Yield Price
Yield Yield
-------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------- --------- ---------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
12/31/81 13.64% 14.10% 13.61% 14.08% 14.66% 15.19%
1/29/82 13.85% 14.33% 98.4880 14.37% 14.88% 95.0990 15.09% 15.66% 99.4396
2/26/82 13.81% 14.29% 100.2797 14.60% 15.13% 98.4963 15.20% 15.78% 99.8510
3/31/82 13.68% 14.14% 100.9752 14.69% 15.23% 99.3908 15.20% 15.77% 100.0096
4/30/82 13.37% 13.82% 102.2408 13.48% 13.94% 108.3184 14.76% 15.30% 100.5740
5/31/82 13.39% 13.84% 99.8484 13.37% 13.82% 100.7780 14.60% 15.14% 100.1973
6/30/82 13.88% 14.37% 96.5140 14.39% 14.91% 93.3540 15.35% 15.93% 99.0381
7/30/82 13.41% 13.85% 103.4913 13.89% 14.37% 103.3698 14.30% 14.81% 101.3696
8/31/82 12.50% 12.89% 107.0762 12.51% 12.90% 110.0373 12.73% 13.14% 102.0771
9/30/82 11.77% 12.11% 105.9954 11.80% 12.15% 105.4201 12.22% 12.59% 100.6905
10/29/82 10.97% 11.27% 106.9895 11.21% 11.52% 104.6753 10.76% 11.05% 101.9729
11/30/82 10.68% 10.97% 102.5749 11.20% 11.51% 100.0928 10.84% 11.13% 99.8929
12/31/82 10.43% 10.70% 102.3220 11.10% 11.41% 100.7527 10.38% 10.65% 100.6250
1/31/83 10.95% 11.25% 95.3908 11.42% 11.74% 97.5566 10.23% 10.49% 100.2029
2/28/83 10.49% 10.76% 104.2259 11.06% 11.36% 102.8495 10.17% 10.43% 100.0788
3/31/83 10.67% 10.96% 98.3493 11.12% 11.43% 99.5297 10.04% 10.29% 100.1774
4/29/83 10.37% 10.64% 102.7433 10.86% 11.15% 102.0921 9.66% 9.89% 100.5152
5/31/83 10.97% 11.27% 94.8001 11.33% 11.65% 96.3363 10.26% 10.52% 99.1908
6/30/83 10.99% 11.29% 99.8492 11.39% 11.72% 99.4776 10.77% 11.06% 99.3120
7/29/83 11.75% 12.09% 93.7194 12.19% 12.56% 94.0534 11.21% 11.52% 99.4024
8/31/83 11.95% 12.31% 98.3781 12.20% 12.58% 99.9142 11.59% 11.93% 99.4848
9/30/83 11.43% 11.76% 104.3780 11.69% 12.03% 103.9724 10.92% 11.21% 100.9148
10/31/83 11.79% 12.13% 97.0760 12.01% 12.37% 97.5662 10.98% 11.28% 99.9196
11/30/83 11.65% 11.99% 101.1087 11.84% 12.19% 101.2965 10.77% 11.06% 100.2728
12/30/83 11.85% 12.21% 98.3463 11.99% 12.35% 98.8889 11.32% 11.64% 99.2658
1/31/84 11.76% 12.10% 100.7857 11.84% 12.19% 101.1384 10.70% 10.99% 100.8339
2/29/84 12.15% 12.52% 96.8634 12.24% 12.61% 97.0354 11.09% 11.40% 99.4789
3/30/84 12.53% 12.92% 97.0755 12.64% 13.04% 97.1046 11.64% 11.98% 99.2647
4/30/84 12.84% 13.26% 97.6020 13.00% 13.43% 97.4215 11.97% 12.33% 99.5518
5/31/84 13.81% 14.29% 93.0929 13.97% 14.46% 93.5236 12.96% 13.38% 98.6979
6/29/84 13.63% 14.09% 101.3549 13.98% 14.46% 99.9834 13.16% 13.60% 99.7267
7/31/84 12.77% 13.18% 106.5547 13.04% 13.46% 106.6224 12.98% 13.41% 100.2376
8/31/84 12.51% 12.90% 102.0447 12.89% 13.31% 101.0210 12.90% 13.32% 100.1058
9/28/84 12.26% 12.63% 101.9579 12.43% 12.81% 103.4260 12.26% 12.63% 100.8628
10/31/84 11.62% 11.96% 105.2964 11.87% 12.22% 104.2178 11.56% 11.89% 100.9405
11/30/84 11.59% 11.92% 100.2902 11.65% 11.99% 101.6987 11.09% 11.40% 100.6227
12/31/84 11.50% 11.83% 100.7599 11.53% 11.87% 100.8873 10.50% 10.78% 100.7994
1/31/85 11.20% 11.51% 102.5863 11.24% 11.56% 102.3311 10.38% 10.65% 100.1681
2/28/85 11.89% 12.24% 94.3802 11.89% 12.25% 95.0383 10.67% 10.96% 99.6067
3/29/85 11.63% 11.97% 102.1173 11.82% 12.17% 100.5681 10.86% 11.15% 99.7473
4/30/85 11.48% 11.81% 101.2648 12.29% 12.67% 96.5398 10.65% 10.93% 100.2861
5/31/85 10.59% 10.87% 108.0550 11.42% 11.74% 106.8012 10.24% 10.50% 100.5538
6/28/85 10.46% 10.74% 101.1247 11.24% 11.55% 101.4337 10.02% 10.28% 100.2921
7/31/85 10.72% 11.00% 97.7501 11.51% 11.84% 97.8951 10.19% 10.44% 99.7822
8/30/85 10.48% 10.75% 102.1446 11.48% 11.81% 100.1996 9.86% 10.10% 100.4463
9/30/85 10.56% 10.84% 99.2741 11.62% 11.96% 98.9386 9.79% 10.03% 100.0866
10/31/85 10.28% 10.54% 102.5901 11.36% 11.69% 101.9905 9.74% 9.97% 100.0807
11/29/85 9.84% 10.08% 104.2683 10.90% 11.19% 103.7825 9.33% 9.55% 100.5534
12/31/85 9.26% 9.48% 105.7483 9.63% 9.86% 111.1317 9.02% 9.22% 100.4332
1/31/86 9.33% 9.54% 99.3855 9.68% 9.91% 99.5882 8.89% 9.08% 100.1794
2/28/86 8.27% 8.45% 111.5960 8.75% 8.94% 108.6822 8.66% 8.85% 100.3061
3/31/86 7.43% 7.57% 110.1238 7.81% 7.96% 109.4679 8.21% 8.38% 100.6274
4/30/86 7.46% 7.60% 99.6471 8.06% 8.23% 97.4738 7.99% 8.15% 100.3118
5/30/86 7.72% 7.87% 96.9063 8.58% 8.77% 95.0826 8.25% 8.42% 99.6332
6/30/86 7.24% 7.37% 105.9007 8.27% 8.44% 103.0222 7.86% 8.01% 100.5440
7/31/86 7.46% 7.60% 97.3771 8.59% 8.77% 97.0072 7.61% 7.76% 100.3422
8/29/86 7.21% 7.33% 103.1002 8.36% 8.53% 102.1940 7.76% 7.91% 99.7968
9/30/86 7.59% 7.73% 95.4710 8.77% 8.96% 96.1563 7.34% 7.48% 100.5810
10/31/86 7.61% 7.76% 99.7293 8.67% 8.86% 100.9432 7.10% 7.22% 100.3451
</TABLE>
Appendix A
Page 1
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 1
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bonds T-Bonds T-Bonds Agency Agency Agency STHG STHG STHG
Coupon- Annual Old Bond Bonds Bonds Bonds Old Bonds Bonds Bonds
Equivalent Yield Price Coupon- Annual Bond Coupon Annual Old Bond
Yield Equivalent Yield Price Equivalent Yield Price
Yield Yield
-------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------- --------- ---------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
11/28/86 7.40% 7.54% 102.5474 8.50% 8.68% 101.6236 7.05% 7.18% 100.0640
12/31/86 7.49% 7.63% 98.9564 8.37% 8.55% 101.2506 7.25% 7.38% 99.7179
1/30/87 7.48% 7.62% 100.0666 8.29% 8.46% 100.7817 7.10% 7.22% 100.2192
2/27/87 7.47% 7.61% 100.1255 8.27% 8.44% 100.2150 7.16% 7.29% 99.9138
3/31/87 7.81% 7.96% 96.1198 8.44% 8.62% 98.3230 7.46% 7.60% 99.5808
4/30/87 8.45% 8.63% 93.0407 9.14% 9.35% 93.6439 8.31% 8.48% 98.8205
5/29/87 8.64% 8.82% 98.0043 9.38% 9.60% 97.8745 8.57% 8.76% 99.6397
6/30/87 8.50% 8.68% 101.4665 9.25% 9.47% 101.1218 8.27% 8.44% 100.4202
7/31/87 8.89% 9.09% 95.9076 9.65% 9.88% 96.5486 8.35% 8.52% 99.8924
8/31/87 9.17% 9.38% 97.2095 9.87% 10.12% 98.0309 8.64% 8.82% 99.6018
9/30/87 9.77% 10.01% 94.2310 10.47% 10.74% 95.0500 9.29% 9.51% 99.1007
10/30/87 9.02% 9.22% 107.7465 9.65% 9.88% 107.2135 8.76% 8.95% 100.7365
11/30/87 9.11% 9.31% 99.0803 9.84% 10.09% 98.3064 8.76% 8.95% 99.9961
12/31/87 8.95% 9.15% 101.6556 9.64% 9.87% 101.8342 8.66% 8.84% 100.1438
1/29/88 8.41% 8.59% 105.7953 9.06% 9.27% 105.2480 8.09% 8.26% 100.7819
2/29/88 8.35% 8.52% 100.7396 8.97% 9.17% 100.8806 7.99% 8.15% 100.1400
3/31/88 8.78% 8.98% 95.3907 9.47% 9.69% 95.5634 8.19% 8.36% 99.7251
4/29/88 9.09% 9.30% 96.8608 9.78% 10.02% 97.2816 8.61% 8.79% 99.4244
5/31/88 9.29% 9.51% 97.9725 10.05% 10.30% 97.6750 8.91% 9.11% 99.5865
6/30/88 8.85% 9.05% 104.5799 9.57% 9.80% 104.2071 8.74% 8.93% 100.2293
7/29/88 9.22% 9.43% 96.2813 10.26% 10.52% 94.2503 9.02% 9.22% 99.6206
8/31/88 9.32% 9.54% 99.0211 10.25% 10.52% 100.0156 9.38% 9.60% 99.4998
9/30/88 8.98% 9.18% 103.4977 9.83% 10.07% 103.6568 9.08% 9.28% 100.4210
10/31/88 8.73% 8.92% 102.6830 9.46% 9.68% 103.3470 8.91% 9.11% 100.2296
11/30/88 9.06% 9.27% 96.5498 9.82% 10.06% 96.8502 9.41% 9.63% 99.3101
12/30/88 8.99% 9.19% 100.7340 9.69% 9.93% 101.1028 9.79% 10.03% 99.4848
1/31/89 8.83% 9.03% 101.6630 9.49% 9.72% 101.8023 9.71% 9.94% 100.1133
2/28/89 9.13% 9.34% 96.9254 9.65% 9.88% 98.6210 10.09% 10.34% 99.4842
3/31/89 9.10% 9.30% 100.3944 9.64% 9.88% 100.0236 10.48% 10.76% 99.4598
4/28/89 8.92% 9.12% 101.7912 9.41% 9.63% 102.1189 10.07% 10.33% 100.5587
5/31/89 8.60% 8.79% 103.4278 9.12% 9.33% 102.5890 9.63% 9.87% 100.6021
6/30/89 8.05% 8.21% 106.2381 8.58% 8.77% 105.1340 9.04% 9.25% 100.8134
7/31/89 7.92% 8.07% 101.5115 8.43% 8.60% 101.4964 8.67% 8.86% 100.5090
8/31/89 8.21% 8.38% 96.7600 8.58% 8.77% 98.5091 9.32% 9.54% 99.1127
9/29/89 8.24% 8.41% 99.6298 8.68% 8.86% 99.1350 9.35% 9.57% 99.9593
10/31/89 7.91% 8.07% 103.7378 8.33% 8.50% 103.3720 8.87% 9.06% 100.6658
11/30/89 7.90% 8.05% 100.2165 8.31% 8.48% 100.1388 8.71% 8.90% 100.2092
12/29/89 7.99% 8.15% 98.9240 8.44% 8.62% 98.7531 8.86% 9.05% 99.8015
1/31/90 8.46% 8.64% 94.9131 8.97% 9.17% 95.1120 9.19% 9.40% 99.5427
2/28/90 8.54% 8.72% 99.1404 9.03% 9.23% 99.5131 9.32% 9.53% 99.8288
3/30/90 8.64% 8.83% 98.9426 9.07% 9.27% 99.6378 9.39% 9.61% 99.8987
4/30/90 9.02% 9.22% 96.1069 9.47% 9.70% 96.3599 9.65% 9.88% 99.6501
5/31/90 8.58% 8.76% 104.6835 9.05% 9.26% 103.8650 9.21% 9.42% 100.5974
6/29/90 8.40% 8.57% 101.9818 8.86% 9.05% 101.8196 8.96% 9.16% 100.3442
7/31/90 8.42% 8.59% 99.7955 8.86% 9.05% 100.0147 8.70% 8.89% 100.3599
8/31/90 8.98% 9.18% 94.1903 9.87% 10.11% 91.2071 8.76% 8.95% 99.9143
9/28/90 8.94% 9.14% 100.3600 9.85% 10.09% 100.1822 8.92% 9.12% 99.7824
10/31/90 8.78% 8.97% 101.7241 9.77% 10.01% 100.7231 8.84% 9.03% 100.1155
11/30/90 8.40% 8.58% 104.1445 9.49% 9.72% 102.4382 8.68% 8.87% 100.2145
12/31/90 8.24% 8.41% 101.8195 9.47% 9.69% 100.2070 8.46% 8.64% 100.3038
1/31/91 8.20% 8.36% 100.4431 9.31% 9.52% 101.4593 8.44% 8.62% 100.0225
2/28/91 8.19% 8.36% 100.0369 9.23% 9.44% 100.7443 8.27% 8.45% 100.2347
3/29/91 8.24% 8.41% 99.4909 9.26% 9.48% 99.6669 8.11% 8.27% 100.2307
4/30/91 8.18% 8.35% 100.6179 9.24% 9.45% 100.2092 7.88% 8.03% 100.3202
5/31/91 8.26% 8.43% 99.1458 9.25% 9.46% 99.9189 7.70% 7.85% 100.2496
6/28/91 8.42% 8.60% 98.2656 9.35% 9.57% 99.1059 7.88% 8.04% 99.7466
7/31/91 8.36% 8.53% 100.6541 9.25% 9.46% 100.8802 7.72% 7.87% 100.2188
8/30/91 8.06% 8.22% 103.3743 8.98% 9.18% 102.4878 7.35% 7.49% 100.5208
9/30/91 7.81% 7.96% 102.8796 8.81% 9.00% 101.5856 7.03% 7.15% 100.4481
</TABLE>
Appendix A
Page 2
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 1
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bonds T-Bonds T-Bonds Agency Agency Agency STHG STHG STHG
Coupon- Annual Old Bond Bonds Bonds Bonds Old Bonds Bonds Bonds
Equivalent Yield Price Coupon- Annual Bond Coupon Annual Old Bond
Yield Equivalent Yield Price Equivalent Yield Price
Yield Yield
-------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------- --------- ---------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
10/31/91 7.90% 8.06% 98.9722 8.94% 9.14% 98.7988 6.67% 6.78% 100.5031
11/29/91 7.95% 8.11% 99.4317 8.79% 8.98% 101.4011 6.48% 6.58% 100.2717
12/31/91 7.40% 7.54% 106.5922 8.30% 8.47% 104.7428 5.98% 6.07% 100.7101
1/31/92 7.76% 7.91% 95.8335 8.50% 8.68% 98.0923 6.07% 6.16% 99.8742
2/28/92 7.83% 7.98% 99.1953 8.73% 8.92% 97.8424 6.09% 6.18% 99.9675
3/31/92 7.97% 8.13% 98.4118 8.78% 8.97% 99.4738 6.36% 6.46% 99.6195
4/30/92 8.05% 8.21% 99.0993 8.88% 9.08% 98.9570 5.95% 6.04% 100.5730
5/31/92 7.84% 7.99% 102.4119 8.58% 8.76% 103.2153 5.70% 5.79% 100.3546
6/30/92 7.79% 7.94% 100.5770 8.55% 8.73% 100.3224 5.41% 5.48% 100.4182
7/31/92 7.46% 7.60% 103.9321 8.39% 8.57% 101.7450 5.00% 5.06% 100.5898
8/31/92 7.42% 7.56% 100.4785 8.33% 8.50% 100.6580 4.76% 4.81% 100.3421
9/30/92 7.37% 7.51% 100.6011 8.23% 8.40% 101.1070 4.41% 4.46% 100.5012
10/31/92 7.63% 7.78% 96.9528 8.45% 8.63% 97.6138 5.03% 5.09% 99.1135
11/30/92 7.60% 7.74% 100.3526 8.59% 8.77% 98.5009 5.48% 5.56% 99.3561
12/31/92 7.39% 7.53% 102.5195 9.06% 9.27% 95.1759 5.25% 5.32% 100.3362
1/31/93 7.22% 7.35% 102.0741 8.81% 9.00% 102.6240 4.83% 4.89% 100.5950
2/28/93 6.89% 7.01% 104.1619 8.52% 8.70% 103.1252 4.54% 4.59% 100.4174
3/31/93 6.82% 6.94% 100.8891 8.54% 8.72% 99.7849 4.46% 4.51% 100.1134
4/30/93 6.92% 7.04% 98.7426 8.53% 8.71% 100.1077 4.35% 4.40% 100.1610
5/31/93 6.81% 6.93% 101.3986 8.54% 8.72% 99.8924 4.69% 4.74% 99.5130
6/30/93 6.63% 6.74% 102.3313 8.22% 8.39% 103.5456 4.48% 4.53% 100.3014
7/31/93 6.32% 6.42% 104.1465 8.10% 8.26% 101.3447 4.50% 4.55% 99.9727
8/31/93 6.00% 6.09% 104.4281 7.73% 7.88% 104.2947 4.33% 4.38% 100.2415
9/30/93 5.94% 6.03% 100.8356 7.66% 7.81% 100.8180 4.32% 4.36% 100.0201
10/31/93 6.21% 6.31% 96.3464 7.65% 7.80% 100.1170 4.43% 4.47% 99.8435
11/30/93 6.25% 6.35% 99.4610 8.04% 8.20% 95.6051 4.58% 4.63% 99.7835
12/31/93 6.22% 6.32% 100.4055 8.08% 8.24% 99.5509 4.53% 4.58% 100.0674
1/31/94 6.29% 6.39% 99.0607 7.88% 8.04% 102.2883 4.36% 4.40% 100.2500
2/28/94 6.68% 6.79% 95.0183 8.36% 8.53% 94.7610 4.87% 4.93% 99.2679
3/31/94 7.09% 7.22% 94.8720 8.83% 9.03% 95.0640 5.36% 5.43% 99.2984
4/29/94 7.32% 7.45% 97.2481 9.07% 9.27% 97.5673 5.88% 5.97% 99.2595
5/31/94 7.43% 7.57% 98.6520 9.21% 9.43% 98.5151 6.19% 6.28% 99.5694
6/30/94 7.62% 7.77% 97.7783 9.43% 9.65% 97.8855 6.36% 6.46% 99.7618
7/29/94 7.38% 7.52% 102.8789 9.08% 9.29% 103.5570 6.22% 6.32% 100.1891
8/31/94 7.45% 7.59% 99.1979 9.22% 9.44% 98.5361 6.34% 6.44% 99.8351
9/30/94 7.82% 7.97% 95.7421 8.21% 8.38% 111.2693 6.76% 6.88% 99.4047
10/31/94 7.96% 8.12% 98.3455 8.34% 8.51% 98.5664 6.99% 7.11% 99.6834
11/30/94 8.00% 8.16% 99.6039 8.34% 8.51% 100.0062 7.69% 7.84% 99.0217
12/30/94 7.89% 8.04% 101.2846 8.20% 8.37% 101.5408 8.02% 8.18% 99.5408
1/31/95 7.71% 7.86% 102.0481 8.06% 8.22% 101.6144 7.59% 7.74% 100.6031
2/28/95 7.46% 7.60% 102.9698 7.85% 8.00% 102.3596 7.09% 7.22% 100.6984
3/31/95 7.43% 7.57% 100.3791 7.80% 7.95% 100.5897 7.11% 7.24% 99.9706
4/28/95 7.34% 7.47% 101.1114 7.70% 7.85% 101.1540 6.91% 7.03% 100.2888
5/31/95 6.66% 6.77% 108.7546 7.02% 7.14% 108.5221 6.26% 6.35% 100.9185
6/30/95 6.58% 6.69% 101.0415 6.95% 7.07% 100.7904 6.21% 6.30% 100.0678
7/31/95 6.80% 6.92% 97.1999 7.17% 7.30% 97.2813 6.19% 6.29% 100.0254
8/31/95 6.50% 6.61% 103.9380 7.04% 7.16% 101.7039 6.14% 6.23% 100.0777
9/29/95 6.53% 6.64% 99.6074 6.96% 7.08% 100.9299 6.18% 6.27% 99.9393
10/31/95 6.32% 6.42% 102.8090 6.72% 6.83% 103.1387 5.99% 6.08% 100.2702
11/30/95 6.11% 6.20% 102.8720 6.50% 6.60% 102.8946 5.76% 5.84% 100.3289
12/29/95 5.92% 6.01% 102.6519 6.39% 6.49% 101.4632 5.54% 5.62% 100.2997
1/31/96 5.95% 6.04% 99.5826 6.35% 6.45% 100.4925 5.27% 5.34% 100.3845
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Appendix A
Page 3
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 1
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bonds T-Bonds T-Bonds Agency Agency Agency STHG STHG STHG
Coupon- Annual Old Bond Bonds Bonds Bonds Old Bonds Bonds Bonds
Equivalent Yield Price Coupon- Annual Bond Coupon Annual Old Bond
Yield Equivalent Yield Price Equivalent Yield Price
Yield Yield
-------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------- --------- ---------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
2/29/96 6.47% 6.57% 93.1527 6.84% 6.95% 93.8454 5.71% 5.79% 99.3873
3/31/96 6.73% 6.84% 96.6670 7.04% 7.16% 97.4797 6.00% 6.09% 99.5884
4/30/96 6.97% 7.09% 96.9976 7.22% 7.35% 97.7441 6.24% 6.34% 99.6585
5/31/96 7.00% 7.12% 99.6258 7.35% 7.48% 98.5159 6.38% 6.48% 99.8069
6/30/96 6.90% 7.02% 101.2599 7.26% 7.39% 101.1073 6.28% 6.38% 100.1340
7/31/96 6.98% 7.10% 99.0002 7.34% 7.48% 98.9449 6.40% 6.50% 99.8366
8/31/96 7.13% 7.26% 98.1534 7.50% 7.64% 98.1949 6.47% 6.58% 99.8944
9/30/96 6.93% 7.05% 102.5122 7.28% 7.41% 102.6287 6.27% 6.36% 100.2920
10/31/96 6.66% 6.77% 103.4861 7.04% 7.17% 102.9418 5.91% 6.00% 100.4968
11/30/96 6.36% 6.46% 103.9960 6.71% 6.82% 104.3268 5.81% 5.89% 100.1488
12/31/96 6.65% 6.76% 96.2518 6.95% 7.07% 96.9547 6.06% 6.15% 99.6523
1/31/97 6.80% 6.92% 98.0908 7.13% 7.26% 97.7454 6.05% 6.14% 100.0085
2/28/97 6.80% 6.92% 100.0000 7.22% 7.35% 98.9710 6.18% 6.28% 99.8108
3/31/97 7.10% 7.23% 96.2957 7.49% 7.63% 96.7459 6.55% 6.66% 99.4865
4/30/97 6.95% 7.07% 101.8803 7.34% 7.47% 101.8085 6.43% 6.53% 100.1704
5/31/97 6.92% 7.04% 100.3772 7.28% 7.41% 100.7277 6.33% 6.43% 100.1325
6/30/97 6.80% 6.92% 101.5273 7.08% 7.21% 102.4745 6.26% 6.36% 100.1002
7/31/97 6.30% 6.40% 106.7021 6.63% 6.74% 105.8282 5.96% 6.05% 100.4259
8/31/97 6.61% 6.72% 95.9768 6.89% 7.01% 96.7209 6.19% 6.28% 99.6809
9/30/97 6.47% 6.57% 101.8435 6.85% 6.97% 100.5065 6.06% 6.15% 100.1767
10/31/97 6.21% 6.31% 103.5183 6.81% 6.93% 100.5086 5.99% 6.08% 100.0962
11/30/97 6.12% 6.21% 101.2296 6.50% 6.61% 104.0693 6.20% 6.29% 99.7148
12/31/97 5.93% 6.02% 102.6490 6.33% 6.43% 102.2715 6.06% 6.15% 100.1965
1/31/98 5.82% 5.90% 101.5520 6.22% 6.32% 101.4869 5.80% 5.88% 100.3713
2/28/98 5.92% 6.01% 98.6043 6.30% 6.40% 98.9277 5.97% 6.06% 99.7496
3/31/98 5.94% 6.03% 99.7215 6.26% 6.36% 100.5384 6.00% 6.09% 99.9604
4/30/98 5.95% 6.04% 99.8609 6.28% 6.38% 99.7314 5.99% 6.08% 100.0198
5/31/98 5.81% 5.89% 101.9774 6.18% 6.28% 101.3575 5.97% 6.05% 100.0297
6/30/98 5.62% 5.70% 102.7397 5.97% 6.06% 102.9153 5.94% 6.02% 100.0410
7/31/98 5.72% 5.80% 98.5737 6.08% 6.17% 98.4908 5.93% 6.02% 100.0085
8/31/98 5.30% 5.37% 106.2747 5.94% 6.03% 101.9498 5.69% 5.77% 100.3476
9/30/98 4.98% 5.04% 104.9567 5.56% 5.64% 105.5157 5.24% 5.31% 100.6283
10/31/98 5.15% 5.22% 97.4171 6.02% 6.11% 93.6482 5.34% 5.41% 99.8605
11/30/98 5.08% 5.14% 101.0720 5.62% 5.70% 105.7678 5.43% 5.51% 99.8692
12/31/98 5.09% 5.15% 99.8470 5.65% 5.73% 99.5688 5.43% 5.51% 100.0014
1/31/99 5.09% 5.15% 100.0000 5.73% 5.81% 98.8602 5.34% 5.41% 100.1352
2/28/99 5.57% 5.65% 93.0405 5.74% 5.82% 99.4272
3/31/99 5.63% 5.71% 99.1358 5.56% 5.64% 100.2571
4/30/99 5.68% 5.76% 99.2837 5.61% 5.68% 99.9375
5/31/99 5.84% 5.93% 97.7475 5.97% 6.05% 99.4907
6/30/99 5.98% 6.07% 98.0586 6.11% 6.21% 99.7895
7/31/99 6.11% 6.20% 98.2221 6.35% 6.45% 99.6688
8/31/99 6.07% 6.16% 100.5494 6.55% 6.66% 99.7158
9/30/99 6.06% 6.15% 100.1375 6.44% 6.55% 100.1507
10/31/99 6.16% 6.25% 98.6396 6.57% 6.67% 99.8298
11/30/99 6.29% 6.39% 98.2556 6.73% 6.84% 99.7697
12/31/99 6.48% 6.58% 97.5007 6.94% 7.06% 99.7071
1/31/00 6.49% 6.60% 99.8686 7.19% 7.32% 99.6434
</TABLE>
Appendix A
Page 4
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 2
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bill T-Bill T-Bill Accep- Accep- Accep- CD's CD's CD's Repos Repos
Bank Annual Market tances tances tances Bank Annual Market Bank Annual
Discount Yield Price Bank Annual Market Discount Yield Price Discount Yield
Rate Discount Yield Price Rate Rate
Rate
-------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
12/31/81 11.08% 12.07% 97.1992 12.40% 13.63% 96.8656 12.90% 14.22% 96.7392 11.25% 12.08%
1/29/82 12.52% 13.77% 96.8352 13.55% 15.00% 96.5749 13.95% 15.49% 96.4738 13.13% 14.24%
2/26/82 12.44% 13.67% 96.8554 13.65% 15.12% 96.5496 14.10% 15.67% 96.4358 12.50% 13.51%
3/31/82 13.26% 14.65% 96.6482 14.10% 15.67% 96.4358 14.80% 16.52% 96.2589 15.50% 17.02%
4/30/82 12.34% 13.55% 96.8807 13.75% 15.24% 96.5243 14.20% 15.79% 96.4106 12.50% 13.51%
5/31/82 11.50% 12.56% 97.0931 12.95% 14.28% 96.7265 13.40% 14.82% 96.6128 11.88% 12.80%
6/30/82 12.76% 14.05% 96.7746 14.70% 16.40% 96.2842 15.05% 16.83% 96.1957 11.88% 12.80%
7/30/82 10.17% 11.01% 97.4293 11.60% 12.68% 97.0678 12.00% 13.15% 96.9667 9.75% 10.39%
8/31/82 8.42% 9.01% 97.8716 9.90% 10.70% 97.4975 10.40% 11.28% 97.3711 8.75% 9.28%
9/30/82 7.62% 8.11% 98.0738 10.05% 10.87% 97.4596 10.50% 11.39% 97.3458 10.25% 10.95%
10/29/82 7.90% 8.43% 98.0031 8.80% 9.44% 97.7756 9.05% 9.73% 97.7124 9.13% 9.69%
11/30/82 8.28% 8.85% 97.9070 8.60% 9.22% 97.8261 8.95% 9.61% 97.7376 8.75% 9.28%
12/31/82 7.92% 8.45% 97.9980 8.55% 9.16% 97.8388 8.65% 9.27% 97.8135 12.00% 12.94%
1/31/83 8.10% 8.65% 97.9525 8.50% 9.10% 97.8514 8.65% 9.27% 97.8135 8.38% 8.86%
2/28/83 7.93% 8.46% 97.9955 8.05% 8.60% 97.9651 8.20% 8.76% 97.9272 8.25% 8.73%
3/31/83 8.64% 9.26% 97.8160 8.90% 9.56% 97.7503 9.15% 9.84% 97.6871 10.25% 10.95%
4/29/83 8.08% 8.63% 97.9576 8.25% 8.82% 97.9146 8.35% 8.93% 97.8893 8.50% 9.00%
5/31/83 8.63% 9.25% 97.8185 8.95% 9.61% 97.7376 9.05% 9.73% 97.7124 8.40% 8.89%
6/30/83 8.79% 9.43% 97.7781 9.00% 9.67% 97.7250 9.15% 9.84% 97.6871 9.38% 9.97%
7/29/83 9.22% 9.92% 97.6694 9.45% 10.18% 97.6113 9.60% 10.36% 97.5733 9.20% 9.78%
8/31/83 9.26% 9.97% 97.6593 9.55% 10.30% 97.5860 9.80% 10.58% 97.5228 9.25% 9.83%
9/30/83 8.71% 9.34% 97.7983 9.00% 9.67% 97.7250 9.25% 9.95% 97.6618 9.50% 10.11%
10/31/83 8.51% 9.11% 97.8489 9.00% 9.67% 97.7250 9.30% 10.01% 97.6492 9.13% 9.69%
11/30/83 8.88% 9.53% 97.7553 9.13% 9.81% 97.6934 9.33% 10.05% 97.6416 8.88% 9.42%
12/30/83 8.97% 9.64% 97.7326 9.45% 10.18% 97.6113 9.65% 10.41% 97.5607 10.88% 11.66%
1/31/84 8.89% 9.54% 97.7528 9.15% 9.84% 97.6871 9.37% 10.09% 97.6315 9.15% 9.72%
2/29/84 9.14% 9.83% 97.6896 9.45% 10.18% 97.6113 9.70% 10.47% 97.5481 9.00% 9.56%
3/30/84 9.72% 10.49% 97.5430 10.10% 10.93% 97.4469 10.28% 11.14% 97.4014 10.00% 10.67%
4/30/84 9.72% 10.49% 97.5430 10.32% 11.18% 97.3913 10.55% 11.45% 97.3332 10.25% 10.95%
5/31/84 9.75% 10.53% 97.5354 10.88% 11.84% 97.2498 11.45% 12.50% 97.1057 10.00% 10.67%
6/29/84 9.92% 10.72% 97.4924 11.42% 12.47% 97.1133 11.75% 12.86% 97.0299 10.15% 10.84%
7/31/84 10.40% 11.28% 97.3711 11.15% 12.15% 97.1815 11.43% 12.48% 97.1108 11.38% 12.23%
8/31/84 10.63% 11.54% 97.3130 11.24% 12.26% 97.1588 11.60% 12.68% 97.0678 11.50% 12.37%
9/28/84 10.22% 11.07% 97.4166 10.77% 11.71% 97.2776 11.23% 12.24% 97.1613 10.75% 11.52%
10/31/84 9.01% 9.68% 97.7225 9.48% 10.22% 97.6037 9.56% 10.31% 97.5834 9.80% 10.45%
11/30/84 8.44% 9.03% 97.8666 8.89% 9.54% 97.7528 8.92% 9.58% 97.7452 8.55% 9.06%
12/31/84 7.85% 8.37% 98.0157 8.20% 8.76% 97.9272 8.45% 9.05% 97.8640 8.88% 9.42%
1/31/85 8.05% 8.60% 97.9651 8.17% 8.73% 97.9348 8.30% 8.88% 97.9019 8.38% 8.86%
2/28/85 8.50% 9.10% 97.8514 8.75% 9.39% 97.7882 8.90% 9.56% 97.7503 8.50% 9.00%
3/29/85 8.18% 8.74% 97.9323 8.60% 9.22% 97.8261 8.78% 9.42% 97.7806 8.50% 9.00%
4/30/85 7.85% 8.37% 98.0157 8.15% 8.71% 97.9399 8.40% 8.99% 97.8767 8.00% 8.45%
5/31/85 7.14% 7.58% 98.1952 7.37% 7.83% 98.1370 7.43% 7.90% 98.1219 7.35% 7.74%
6/28/85 6.83% 7.24% 98.2735 7.37% 7.83% 98.1370 7.49% 7.97% 98.1067 7.55% 7.96%
7/31/85 7.28% 7.73% 98.1598 7.70% 8.20% 98.0536 7.83% 8.35% 98.0208 8.75% 9.28%
8/30/85 7.14% 7.58% 98.1952 7.67% 8.17% 98.0612 7.82% 8.34% 98.0233 7.45% 7.85%
9/30/85 7.04% 7.47% 98.2204 7.70% 8.20% 98.0536 7.84% 8.36% 98.0182 7.65% 8.07%
10/31/85 7.19% 7.63% 98.1825 7.70% 8.20% 98.0536 7.71% 8.21% 98.0511 7.70% 8.12%
11/29/85 7.16% 7.60% 98.1901 7.73% 8.24% 98.0460 7.83% 8.35% 98.0208 7.80% 8.23%
12/31/85 7.05% 7.48% 98.2179 7.55% 8.04% 98.0915 7.72% 8.23% 98.0486 7.70% 8.12%
1/31/86 6.97% 7.39% 98.2381 7.55% 8.04% 98.0915 7.69% 8.19% 98.0561 7.80% 8.23%
2/28/86 7.02% 7.45% 98.2255 7.49% 7.97% 98.1067 7.54% 8.02% 98.0941 7.65% 8.07%
3/31/86 6.34% 6.69% 98.3974 6.82% 7.22% 98.2761 7.08% 7.51% 98.2103 7.35% 7.74%
4/30/86 6.10% 6.43% 98.4581 6.43% 6.79% 98.3746 6.50% 6.87% 98.3569 6.70% 7.03%
5/30/86 6.30% 6.65% 98.4075 6.66% 7.05% 98.3165 6.80% 7.20% 98.2811 6.55% 6.87%
6/30/86 5.96% 6.28% 98.4934 6.44% 6.80% 98.3721 6.55% 6.93% 98.3443 7.38% 7.76%
7/31/86 5.79% 6.09% 98.5364 6.11% 6.44% 98.4555 6.30% 6.65% 98.4075 6.20% 6.49%
8/29/86 5.17% 5.42% 98.6931 5.31% 5.57% 98.6578 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.50% 5.74%
9/30/86 5.20% 5.45% 98.6856 5.67% 5.96% 98.5668 5.82% 6.12% 98.5288 5.75% 6.00%
10/31/86 5.20% 5.45% 98.6856 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.70% 5.99% 98.5592 5.65% 5.90%
11/28/86 5.39% 5.66% 98.6375 5.67% 5.96% 98.5668 5.78% 6.08% 98.5389 5.25% 5.47%
12/31/86 5.67% 5.96% 98.5668 5.95% 6.27% 98.4960 6.50% 6.87% 98.3569 17.00% 18.82%
</TABLE>
Appendix A
Page 1
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 2
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bill T-Bill T-Bill Accep- Accep- Accep- CD's CD's CD's Repos Repos
Bank Annual Market tances tances tances Bank Annual Market Bank Annual
Discount Yield Price Bank Annual Market Discount Yield Price Discount Yield
Rate Discount Yield Price Rate Rate
Rate
-------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1/30/87 5.60% 5.89% 98.5844 5.85% 6.16% 98.5213 6.10% 6.43% 98.4581 5.95% 6.22%
2/27/87 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.98% 6.30% 98.4884 6.15% 6.49% 98.4454 5.80% 6.06%
3/31/87 5.61% 5.90% 98.5819 6.15% 6.49% 98.4454 6.32% 6.67% 98.4024 6.00% 6.27%
4/30/87 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 6.71% 7.10% 98.3039 6.70% 7.09% 98.3064 6.05% 6.33%
5/29/87 5.86% 6.17% 98.5187 6.96% 7.38% 98.2407 6.97% 7.39% 98.2381 6.40% 6.70%
6/30/87 5.73% 6.03% 98.5516 6.87% 7.28% 98.2634 6.95% 7.37% 98.2432 6.50% 6.81%
7/31/87 6.07% 6.40% 98.4656 6.60% 6.98% 98.3317 6.77% 7.17% 98.2887 6.45% 6.76%
8/31/87 6.25% 6.60% 98.4201 6.83% 7.24% 98.2735 7.05% 7.48% 98.2179 6.70% 7.03%
9/30/87 6.61% 6.99% 98.3291 7.72% 8.23% 98.0486 7.98% 8.52% 97.9828 7.45% 7.85%
10/30/87 5.27% 5.53% 98.6679 7.25% 7.70% 98.1674 7.55% 8.04% 98.0915 6.65% 6.98%
11/30/87 5.21% 5.46% 98.6830 7.55% 8.04% 98.0915 7.70% 8.20% 98.0536 6.75% 7.08%
12/31/87 5.68% 5.97% 98.5642 7.08% 7.51% 98.2103 7.20% 7.65% 98.1800 6.90% 7.25%
1/29/88 5.64% 5.93% 98.5743 6.77% 7.17% 98.2887 6.68% 7.07% 98.3114 6.35% 6.65%
2/29/88 5.62% 5.91% 98.5794 6.49% 6.86% 98.3595 6.57% 6.95% 98.3393 6.30% 6.60%
3/31/88 5.71% 6.00% 98.5566 6.60% 6.98% 98.3317 6.70% 7.09% 98.3064 6.50% 6.81%
4/29/88 5.98% 6.30% 98.4884 6.94% 7.36% 98.2457 7.10% 7.53% 98.2053 6.80% 7.14%
5/31/88 6.43% 6.79% 98.3746 7.42% 7.89% 98.1244 7.60% 8.09% 98.0789 6.80% 7.14%
6/30/88 6.56% 6.94% 98.3418 7.51% 7.99% 98.1016 7.75% 8.26% 98.0410 7.30% 7.68%
7/29/88 6.95% 7.37% 98.2432 7.94% 8.47% 97.9929 7.94% 8.47% 97.9929 7.56% 7.97%
8/31/88 7.30% 7.76% 98.1547 8.26% 8.83% 97.9121 8.55% 9.16% 97.8388 7.70% 8.12%
9/30/88 7.25% 7.70% 98.1674 8.19% 8.75% 97.9298 8.45% 9.05% 97.8640 8.50% 9.00%
10/31/88 7.36% 7.82% 98.1396 8.18% 8.74% 97.9323 8.45% 9.05% 97.8640 8.10% 8.56%
11/30/88 7.83% 8.35% 98.0208 8.88% 9.53% 97.7553 9.00% 9.67% 97.7250 8.20% 8.67%
12/30/88 8.10% 8.65% 97.9525 8.83% 9.48% 97.7680 9.25% 9.95% 97.6618 9.25% 9.83%
1/31/89 8.39% 8.98% 97.8792 8.96% 9.62% 97.7351 9.20% 9.90% 97.6744 8.80% 9.33%
2/28/89 8.71% 9.34% 97.7983 9.76% 10.54% 97.5329 10.13% 10.97% 97.4394 9.50% 10.11%
3/31/89 8.90% 9.56% 97.7503 9.86% 10.65% 97.5076 10.15% 10.99% 97.4343 9.50% 10.11%
4/28/89 8.41% 9.00% 97.8741 9.50% 10.24% 97.5986 9.80% 10.58% 97.5228 9.45% 10.06%
5/31/89 8.61% 9.23% 97.8236 9.25% 9.95% 97.6618 9.40% 10.13% 97.6239 9.60% 10.22%
6/30/89 7.99% 8.53% 97.9803 8.76% 9.40% 97.7857 9.10% 9.78% 97.6997 9.40% 10.00%
7/31/89 7.80% 8.31% 98.0283 8.14% 8.70% 97.9424 8.40% 8.99% 97.8767 8.55% 9.06%
8/31/89 7.89% 8.42% 98.0056 8.56% 9.17% 97.8362 8.80% 9.44% 97.7756 8.80% 9.33%
9/29/89 7.91% 8.44% 98.0005 8.75% 9.39% 97.7882 9.00% 9.67% 97.7250 9.10% 9.67%
10/31/89 7.77% 8.28% 98.0359 8.26% 8.83% 97.9121 8.49% 9.09% 97.8539 8.80% 9.33%
11/30/89 7.59% 8.08% 98.0814 8.08% 8.63% 97.9576 8.30% 8.88% 97.9019 8.55% 9.06%
12/29/89 7.55% 8.04% 98.0915 7.89% 8.42% 98.0056 8.10% 8.65% 97.9525 9.20% 9.78%
1/31/90 7.74% 8.25% 98.0435 8.00% 8.54% 97.9778 8.27% 8.84% 97.9095 8.15% 8.62%
2/28/90 7.77% 8.28% 98.0359 7.99% 8.53% 97.9803 8.25% 8.82% 97.9146 8.13% 8.59%
3/30/90 7.80% 8.31% 98.0283 8.15% 8.71% 97.9399 8.40% 8.99% 97.8767 8.05% 8.51%
4/30/90 7.79% 8.30% 98.0309 8.29% 8.87% 97.9045 8.56% 9.17% 97.8362 7.95% 8.40%
5/31/90 7.75% 8.26% 98.0410 8.03% 8.57% 97.9702 8.28% 8.85% 97.9070 8.00% 8.45%
6/29/90 7.74% 8.25% 98.0435 7.96% 8.49% 97.9879 8.25% 8.82% 97.9146 8.20% 8.67%
7/31/90 7.49% 7.97% 98.1067 7.59% 8.08% 98.0814 7.92% 8.45% 97.9980 7.93% 8.37%
8/31/90 7.39% 7.86% 98.1320 7.70% 8.20% 98.0536 8.02% 8.56% 97.9727 7.95% 8.40%
9/28/90 7.14% 7.58% 98.1952 7.92% 8.45% 97.9980 8.19% 8.75% 97.9298 8.00% 8.45%
10/31/90 7.11% 7.55% 98.2028 7.66% 8.16% 98.0637 7.96% 8.49% 97.9879 7.75% 8.18%
11/30/90 7.02% 7.45% 98.2255 7.90% 8.43% 98.0031 8.30% 8.88% 97.9019 7.55% 7.96%
12/31/90 6.44% 6.80% 98.3721 7.17% 7.61% 98.1876 7.50% 7.98% 98.1042 6.75% 7.08%
1/31/91 6.12% 6.45% 98.4530 6.71% 7.10% 98.3039 6.97% 7.39% 98.2381 7.25% 7.63%
2/28/91 6.04% 6.37% 98.4732 6.54% 6.91% 98.3468 6.75% 7.15% 98.2938 6.85% 7.19%
3/29/91 5.74% 6.04% 98.5491 6.08% 6.41% 98.4631 6.27% 6.62% 98.4151 7.50% 7.90%
4/30/91 5.51% 5.79% 98.6072 5.75% 6.05% 98.5465 5.95% 6.27% 98.4960 5.75% 6.00%
5/31/91 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.85% 6.16% 98.5213 5.95% 6.27% 98.4960 5.80% 6.06%
6/28/91 5.54% 5.82% 98.5996 5.95% 6.27% 98.4960 6.07% 6.40% 98.4656 5.85% 6.11%
7/31/91 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.90% 6.21% 98.5086 5.97% 6.29% 98.4909 5.90% 6.17%
8/30/91 5.33% 5.59% 98.6527 5.55% 5.83% 98.5971 5.70% 5.99% 98.5592 5.40% 5.63%
9/30/91 5.11% 5.35% 98.7083 5.40% 5.67% 98.6350 5.55% 5.83% 98.5971 6.60% 6.92%
10/31/91 4.82% 5.04% 98.7816 5.05% 5.29% 98.7235 5.20% 5.45% 98.6856 5.00% 5.20%
11/29/91 4.35% 4.53% 98.9004 4.84% 5.06% 98.7766 4.95% 5.18% 98.7488 4.82% 5.01%
12/31/91 3.86% 4.01% 99.0243 4.05% 4.21% 98.9763 4.18% 4.35% 98.9434 5.25% 5.47%
1/31/92 3.84% 3.99% 99.0293 4.01% 4.17% 98.9864 4.15% 4.32% 98.9510 5.65% 5.90%
</TABLE>
Appendix A
Page 2
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
Table 2
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bill T-Bill T-Bill Accep- Accep- Accep- CD's CD's CD's Repos Repos
Bank Annual Market tances tances tances Bank Annual Market Bank Annual
Discount Yield Price Bank Annual Market Discount Yield Price Discount Yield
Rate Discount Yield Price Rate Rate
Rate
-------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
2/28/92 3.93% 4.09% 99.0066 4.07% 4.24% 98.9712 4.18% 4.35% 98.9434 4.05% 4.19%
3/31/92 4.05% 4.21% 98.9763 4.17% 4.34% 98.9459 4.30% 4.48% 98.9131 4.63% 4.81%
4/30/92 3.70% 3.84% 99.0647 4.00% 4.16% 98.9889 3.85% 4.00% 99.0268 3.75% 3.88%
5/31/92 3.70% 3.84% 99.0647 3.84% 3.99% 99.0293 3.95% 4.11% 99.0015 3.75% 3.88%
6/30/92 3.57% 3.70% 99.0976 3.77% 3.92% 99.0470 3.88% 4.03% 99.0192 3.70% 3.82%
7/31/92 3.18% 3.29% 99.1962 3.33% 3.45% 99.1583 3.38% 3.50% 99.1456 3.38% 3.49%
8/31/92 3.16% 3.27% 99.2012 3.30% 3.42% 99.1658 3.42% 3.54% 99.1355 3.60% 3.72%
9/30/92 2.69% 2.77% 99.3200 3.07% 3.17% 99.2240 3.15% 3.26% 99.2038 4.75% 4.93%
10/31/92 2.96% 3.06% 99.2518 3.33% 3.45% 99.1583 3.42% 3.54% 99.1355 3.05% 3.14%
11/30/92 3.27% 3.39% 99.1734 3.70% 3.84% 99.0647 3.85% 4.00% 99.0268 3.60% 3.72%
12/31/92 3.08% 3.18% 99.2214 3.31% 3.43% 99.1633 3.35% 3.47% 99.1532 3.50% 3.61%
1/31/93 2.90% 3.00% 99.2669 3.09% 3.20% 99.2189 3.12% 3.23% 99.2113 3.05% 3.14%
2/28/93 2.95% 3.05% 99.2543 3.09% 3.20% 99.2189 3.13% 3.24% 99.2088 3.25% 3.35%
3/31/93 2.89% 2.98% 99.2695 3.10% 3.21% 99.2164 3.12% 3.23% 99.2113 4.00% 4.14%
4/30/93 2.91% 3.01% 99.2644 3.04% 3.14% 99.2316 3.08% 3.18% 99.2214 3.00% 3.09%
5/31/93 3.06% 3.16% 99.2265 3.16% 3.27% 99.2012 3.22% 3.33% 99.1861 3.10% 3.19%
6/30/93 3.03% 3.13% 99.2341 3.14% 3.25% 99.2063 3.19% 3.30% 99.1936 3.80% 3.93%
7/31/93 3.03% 3.13% 99.2341 3.11% 3.22% 99.2139 3.15% 3.26% 99.2038 2.95% 3.04%
8/31/93 3.01% 3.11% 99.2391 3.09% 3.20% 99.2189 3.14% 3.25% 99.2063 3.20% 3.30%
9/30/93 2.92% 3.02% 99.2619 3.10% 3.21% 99.2164 3.25% 3.36% 99.1785 3.40% 3.51%
10/31/93 3.03% 3.13% 99.2341 3.25% 3.36% 99.1785 3.30% 3.42% 99.1658 3.00% 3.09%
11/30/93 3.14% 3.25% 99.2063 3.31% 3.43% 99.1633 3.35% 3.47% 99.1532 3.05% 3.14%
12/31/93 3.01% 3.11% 99.2391 3.19% 3.30% 99.1936 3.24% 3.35% 99.1810 3.20% 3.30%
1/31/94 2.96% 3.06% 99.2518 3.08% 3.18% 99.2214 3.13% 3.24% 99.2088 3.16% 3.26%
2/28/94 3.36% 3.48% 99.1507 3.55% 3.68% 99.1026 3.65% 3.79% 99.0774 3.50% 3.61%
3/31/94 3.48% 3.61% 99.1203 3.80% 3.95% 99.0394 3.83% 3.98% 99.0319 3.63% 3.75%
4/29/94 3.87% 4.02% 99.0218 4.15% 4.32% 98.9510 4.20% 4.37% 98.9383 3.55% 3.67%
5/31/94 4.16% 4.33% 98.9484 4.45% 4.64% 98.8751 4.52% 4.72% 98.8574 4.50% 4.67%
6/30/94 4.15% 4.32% 98.9510 4.69% 4.90% 98.8145 4.73% 4.94% 98.8044 5.25% 5.47%
7/29/94 4.27% 4.45% 98.9206 4.58% 4.78% 98.8423 4.67% 4.88% 98.8195 4.23% 4.38%
8/31/94 4.56% 4.76% 98.8473 4.82% 5.04% 98.7816 4.89% 5.12% 98.7639 4.78% 4.97%
9/30/94 4.67% 4.88% 98.8195 5.30% 5.56% 98.6603 5.41% 5.68% 98.6325 5.00% 5.20%
10/31/94 5.03% 5.27% 98.7285 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.54% 5.82% 98.5996 4.71% 4.89%
11/30/94 5.56% 5.84% 98.5946 6.02% 6.34% 98.4783 6.12% 6.45% 98.4530 5.60% 5.84%
12/30/94 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 6.25% 6.60% 98.4201 6.39% 6.75% 98.3848 5.78% 6.04%
1/31/95 5.83% 6.14% 98.5263 6.10% 6.43% 98.4581 6.23% 6.57% 98.4252 5.88% 6.14%
2/28/95 5.76% 6.06% 98.5440 6.03% 6.35% 98.4758 6.11% 6.44% 98.4555 6.23% 6.52%
3/31/95 5.70% 5.99% 98.5592 6.07% 6.40% 98.4656 6.19% 6.53% 98.4353 6.40% 6.70%
4/30/95 5.69% 5.98% 98.5617 6.01% 6.33% 98.4808 6.10% 6.43% 98.4581 6.04% 6.32%
5/31/95 5.63% 5.92% 98.5769 5.86% 6.17% 98.5187 5.96% 6.28% 98.4934 6.18% 6.46%
6/30/95 5.44% 5.71% 98.6249 5.80% 6.10% 98.5339 5.96% 6.28% 98.4934 6.33% 6.63%
7/31/95 5.42% 5.69% 98.6299 5.65% 5.94% 98.5718 5.76% 6.06% 98.5440 5.90% 6.17%
8/31/95 5.29% 5.55% 98.6628 5.68% 5.97% 98.5642 5.75% 6.05% 98.5465 5.88% 6.14%
9/30/95 5.24% 5.49% 98.6754 5.73% 6.03% 98.5516 5.82% 6.12% 98.5288 6.38% 6.68%
10/31/95 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.67% 5.96% 98.5668 5.78% 6.08% 98.5389 5.99% 6.26%
11/30/95 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.59% 5.87% 98.5870 5.71% 6.00% 98.5566 6.00% 6.27%
12/31/95 4.96% 5.19% 98.7462 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.48% 5.75% 98.6148 5.93% 6.19%
1/31/96 4.91% 5.14% 98.7589 5.14% 5.39% 98.7007 5.24% 5.49% 98.6754 5.93% 6.20%
2/29/96 4.89% 5.12% 98.7639 5.11% 5.35% 98.7083 5.20% 5.45% 98.6856 5.25% 5.46%
3/31/96 5.00% 5.23% 98.7361 5.29% 5.55% 98.6628 5.36% 5.62% 98.6451 5.03% 5.23%
4/30/96 5.01% 5.24% 98.7336 5.28% 5.54% 98.6653 5.34% 5.60% 98.6502 5.40% 5.62%
5/31/96 5.04% 5.28% 98.7260 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.37% 5.63% 98.6426 5.33% 5.55%
6/30/96 5.04% 5.28% 98.7260 5.40% 5.67% 98.6350 5.48% 5.75% 98.6148 5.38% 5.60%
7/31/96 5.18% 5.43% 98.6906 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.55% 5.83% 98.5971 5.88% 6.14%
8/31/96 5.15% 5.40% 98.6982 5.34% 5.60% 98.6502 5.45% 5.72% 98.6224 5.18% 5.39%
9/30/96 4.91% 5.14% 98.7589 5.31% 5.57% 98.6578 5.51% 5.79% 98.6072 5.84% 6.10%
10/31/96 5.01% 5.24% 98.7336 5.31% 5.57% 98.6578 5.39% 5.66% 98.6375 6.08% 6.35%
11/30/96 5.00% 5.23% 98.7361 5.30% 5.56% 98.6603 5.40% 5.67% 98.6350 5.88% 6.14%
12/31/96 5.07% 5.31% 98.7184 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.41% 5.68% 98.6325 6.25% 6.54%
1/31/97 5.02% 5.26% 98.7311 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.42% 5.69% 98.6299 5.44% 5.67%
2/28/97 5.09% 5.33% 98.7134 5.30% 5.56% 98.6603 5.41% 5.68% 98.6325 5.35% 5.57%
</TABLE>
Appendix A
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<TABLE>
Table 2
<CAPTION>
Date T-Bill T-Bill T-Bill Accep- Accep- Accep- CD's CD's CD's Repos Repos
Bank Annual Market tances tances tances Bank Annual Market Bank Annual
Discount Yield Price Bank Annual Market Discount Yield Price Discount Yield
Rate Discount Yield Price Rate Rate
Rate
-------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------ ------- ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
3/31/97 5.21% 5.46% 98.6830 5.63% 5.92% 98.5769 5.69% 5.98% 98.5617 6.20% 6.49%
4/30/97 5.14% 5.39% 98.7007 5.65% 5.94% 98.5718 5.72% 6.02% 98.5541 4.98% 5.18%
5/31/97 4.82% 5.04% 98.7816 5.61% 5.90% 98.5819 5.69% 5.98% 98.5617 5.48% 5.71%
6/30/97 5.06% 5.30% 98.7209 5.62% 5.91% 98.5794 5.66% 5.95% 98.5693 5.95% 6.22%
7/31/97 5.11% 5.35% 98.7083 5.49% 5.77% 98.6123 5.57% 5.85% 98.5920 5.95% 6.22%
8/31/97 5.10% 5.34% 98.7108 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.59% 5.87% 98.5870 5.45% 5.68%
9/30/97 5.18% 5.43% 98.6906 5.56% 5.84% 98.5946 5.67% 5.96% 98.5668 6.33% 6.63%
10/31/97 5.07% 5.31% 98.7184 5.58% 5.86% 98.5895 5.58% 5.86% 98.5895 5.60% 5.84%
11/30/97 5.08% 5.32% 98.7159 5.74% 6.04% 98.5491 5.70% 5.99% 98.5592 5.68% 5.93%
12/31/97 5.22% 5.47% 98.6805 5.55% 5.83% 98.5971 5.65% 5.94% 98.5718 6.18% 6.47%
1/31/98 5.06% 5.30% 98.7209 5.48% 5.75% 98.6148 5.52% 5.80% 98.6047 5.63% 5.87%
2/28/98 5.18% 5.43% 98.6906 5.51% 5.79% 98.6072 5.58% 5.86% 98.5895 5.43% 5.66%
3/31/98 5.02% 5.26% 98.7311 5.50% 5.78% 98.6097 5.60% 5.89% 98.5844 5.98% 6.25%
4/30/98 4.87% 5.09% 98.7690 5.48% 5.75% 98.6148 5.60% 5.89% 98.5844 5.43% 5.66%
5/31/98 4.89% 5.12% 98.7639 5.50% 5.78% 98.6097 5.59% 5.87% 98.5870 5.85% 6.11%
6/30/98 4.97% 5.20% 98.7437 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.61% 5.90% 98.5819 5.68% 5.93%
7/31/98 4.97% 5.20% 98.7437 5.50% 5.78% 98.6097 5.59% 5.87% 98.5870 5.68% 5.93%
8/31/98 4.77% 4.99% 98.7943 5.46% 5.73% 98.6198 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 6.15% 6.43%
9/30/98 4.26% 4.44% 98.9232 5.21% 5.46% 98.6830 5.25% 5.50% 98.6729 5.13% 5.34%
10/31/98 4.23% 4.41% 98.9308 5.10% 5.34% 98.7108 5.17% 5.42% 98.6931 5.13% 5.34%
11/30/98 4.42% 4.61% 98.8827 5.14% 5.39% 98.7007 5.26% 5.52% 98.6704 5.03% 5.23%
12/31/98 4.37% 4.56% 98.8954 5.15% 5.40% 98.6982 4.97% 5.20% 98.7437 4.98% 5.18%
1/31/99 4.37% 4.56% 98.8954 4.78% 5.00% 98.7917 4.87% 5.09% 98.7690 4.68% 4.86%
2/28/99 4.55% 4.75% 98.8499 4.82% 5.04% 98.7816 4.94% 5.17% 98.7513 4.78% 4.97%
3/31/99 4.37% 4.56% 98.8954 4.83% 5.05% 98.7791 4.90% 5.13% 98.7614 5.18% 5.39%
4/30/99 4.43% 4.62% 98.8802 4.78% 5.00% 98.7917 4.87% 5.09% 98.7690 5.03% 5.23%
5/31/99 4.53% 4.73% 98.8549 4.88% 5.10% 98.7664 5.00% 5.23% 98.7361 4.83% 5.02%
6/30/99 4.65% 4.86% 98.8246 5.24% 5.49% 98.6754 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 4.48% 4.65%
7/31/99 4.62% 4.82% 98.8322 5.15% 5.40% 98.6982 5.32% 5.58% 98.6552 5.05% 5.25%
8/31/99 4.84% 5.06% 98.7766 5.38% 5.65% 98.6401 5.44% 5.71% 98.6249 5.33% 5.55%
9/30/99 4.74% 4.95% 98.8018 5.38% 5.65% 98.6401 6.02% 6.34% 98.4783 5.23% 5.45%
10/31/99 4.97% 5.20% 98.7437 6.10% 6.43% 98.4581 6.13% 6.46% 98.4505 5.20% 5.41%
11/30/99 5.15% 5.40% 98.6982 5.90% 6.21% 98.5086 6.00% 6.32% 98.4833 5.68% 5.93%
12/31/99 5.17% 5.42% 98.6931 5.88% 6.19% 98.5137 5.90% 6.21% 98.5086 5.63% 5.87%
1/31/00 5.53% 5.81% 98.6021 5.92% 6.23% 98.5036 6.00% 6.32% 98.4833 5.68% 5.93%
</TABLE>
Appendix A
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<PAGE>
Appendix B
<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
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Jan 2, 1990 2,810.20 Mar 28, 1990 2,743.70 Jun 25, 1990 2,845.05
Jan 3, 1990 2,809.72 Mar 29, 1990 2,727.70 Jun 26, 1990 2,842.33
Jan 4, 1990 2,796.08 Mar 30, 1990 2,707.20 Jun 27, 1990 2,862.13
Jan 5, 1990 2,773.26 Apr 2, 1990 2,700.46 Jun 28, 1990 2,878.71
Jan 8, 1990 2,794.38 Apr 3, 1990 2,736.72 Jun 29, 1990 2,880.69
Jan 9, 1990 2,766.00 Apr 4, 1990 2,719.38 Jul 2, 1990 2,899.26
Jan 10, 1990 2,750.64 Apr 5, 1990 2,721.18 Jul 3, 1990 2,911.63
Jan 11, 1990 2,760.66 Apr 6, 1990 2,717.12 Jul 5, 1990 2,879.21
Jan 12, 1990 2,689.20 Apr 9, 1990 2,722.08 Jul 6, 1990 2,904.95
Jan 15, 1990 2,669.36 Apr 10, 1990 2,731.08 Jul 9, 1990 2,914.11
Jan 16, 1990 2,692.62 Apr 11, 1990 2,729.74 Jul 10, 1990 2,890.84
Jan 17, 1990 2,659.14 Apr 12, 1990 2,751.80 Jul 11, 1990 2,932.67
Jan 18, 1990 2,666.38 Apr 16, 1990 2,763.06 Jul 12, 1990 2,969.80
Jan 19, 1990 2,677.90 Apr 17, 1990 2,765.78 Jul 13, 1990 2,980.20
Jan 22, 1990 2,600.46 Apr 18, 1990 2,732.88 Jul 16, 1990 2,999.75
Jan 23, 1990 2,615.32 Apr 19, 1990 2,711.94 Jul 17, 1990 2,999.75
Jan 24, 1990 2,604.50 Apr 20, 1990 2,695.94 Jul 18, 1990 2,981.68
Jan 25, 1990 2,561.00 Apr 24, 1990 2,654.50 Jul 19, 1990 2,993.81
Jan 26, 1990 2,559.24 Apr 25, 1990 2,666.44 Jul 20, 1990 2,961.14
Jan 29, 1990 2,553.38 Apr 26, 1990 2,676.58 Jul 23, 1990 2,904.70
Jan 30, 1990 2,543.24 Apr 27, 1990 2,645.06 Jul 24, 1990 2,922.52
Jan 31, 1990 2,590.54 Apr 30, 1990 2,656.80 Jul 25, 1990 2,930.94
Feb 1, 1990 2,586.26 May 1, 1990 2,668.92 Jul 26, 1990 2,920.79
Feb 2, 1990 2,602.70 May 2, 1990 2,689.64 Jul 27, 1990 2,898.51
Feb 5, 1990 2,622.52 May 3, 1990 2,696.18 Jul 30, 1990 2,917.33
Feb 6, 1990 2,606.30 May 4, 1990 2,710.36 Jul 31, 1990 2,905.20
Feb 7, 1990 2,640.10 May 7, 1990 2,721.62 Aug 1, 1990 2,899.25
Feb 8, 1990 2,644.36 May 8, 1990 2,733.56 Aug 2, 1990 2,864.60
Feb 9, 1990 2,648.20 May 9, 1990 2,732.88 Aug 3, 1990 2,809.65
Feb 12, 1990 2,619.14 May 10, 1990 2,738.52 Aug 6, 1990 2,716.34
Feb 13, 1990 2,624.10 May 11, 1990 2,801.58 Aug 7, 1990 2,710.64
Feb 14, 1990 2,624.32 May 14, 1990 2,821.54 Aug 8, 1990 2,734.90
Feb 15, 1990 2,649.54 May 15, 1990 2,822.46 Aug 9, 1990 2,758.91
Feb 16, 1990 2,635.58 May 16, 1990 2,819.68 Aug 10, 1990 2,716.58
Feb 20, 1990 2,596.84 May 17, 1990 2,831.72 Aug 13, 1990 2,746.78
Feb 21, 1990 2,583.56 May 18, 1990 2,819.92 Aug 14, 1990 2,747.77
Feb 22, 1990 2,574.78 May 21, 1990 2,844.68 Aug 15, 1990 2,748.27
Feb 23, 1990 2,564.18 May 22, 1990 2,852.24 Aug 16, 1990 2,681.44
Feb 26, 1990 2,602.48 May 23, 1990 2,856.26 Aug 17, 1990 2,644.80
Feb 27, 1990 2,617.12 May 24, 1990 2,855.56 Aug 20, 1990 2,656.44
Feb 28, 1990 2,627.26 May 25, 1990 2,820.92 Aug 21, 1990 2,603.96
Mar 1, 1990 2,635.58 May 29, 1990 2,870.50 Aug 22, 1990 2,560.15
Mar 2, 1990 2,660.36 May 30, 1990 2,878.56 Aug 23, 1990 2,483.42
Mar 5, 1990 2,649.54 May 31, 1990 2,876.66 Aug 24, 1990 2,532.92
Mar 6, 1990 2,676.80 Jun 1, 1990 2,900.98 Aug 27, 1990 2,611.63
Mar 7, 1990 2,669.60 Jun 4, 1990 2,935.19 Aug 28, 1990 2,614.85
Mar 8, 1990 2,696.18 Jun 5, 1990 2,925.00 Aug 29, 1990 2,632.43
Mar 9, 1990 2,683.34 Jun 6, 1990 2,911.65 Aug 30, 1990 2,593.32
Mar 12, 1990 2,686.72 Jun 7, 1990 2,897.33 Aug 31, 1990 2,614.36
Mar 13, 1990 2,674.54 Jun 8, 1990 2,862.38 Sep 4, 1990 2,613.37
Mar 14, 1990 2,687.84 Jun 11, 1990 2,892.57 Sep 5, 1990 2,628.22
Mar 15, 1990 2,695.72 Jun 12, 1990 2,933.42 Sep 6, 1990 2,596.29
Mar 16, 1990 2,741.22 Jun 13, 1990 2,929.95 Sep 7, 1990 2,619.55
Mar 19, 1990 2,755.64 Jun 14, 1990 2,928.22 Sep 10, 1990 2,615.59
Mar 20, 1990 2,738.74 Jun 15, 1990 2,935.89 Sep 11, 1990 2,612.62
Mar 21, 1990 2,727.92 Jun 18, 1990 2,882.18 Sep 12, 1990 2,625.74
Mar 22, 1990 2,695.72 Jun 19, 1990 2,893.56 Sep 13, 1990 2,582.67
Mar 23, 1990 2,704.28 Jun 20, 1990 2,895.30 Sep 14, 1990 2,564.11
Mar 26, 1990 2,707.66 Jun 21, 1990 2,901.73 Sep 17, 1990 2,567.33
Mar 27, 1990 2,736.94 Jun 22, 1990 2,857.18 Sep 18, 1990 2,571.29
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Sep 19, 1990 2,557.43 Dec 13, 1990 2,614.36 Mar 13, 1991 2,955.20
Sep 20, 1990 2,518.32 Dec 14, 1990 2,593.81 Mar 14, 1991 2,952.23
Sep 21, 1990 2,512.38 Dec 17, 1990 2,593.32 Mar 15, 1991 2,948.27
Sep 24, 1990 2,452.97 Dec 18, 1990 2,626.73 Mar 18, 1991 2,929.95
Sep 25, 1990 2,485.64 Dec 19, 1990 2,626.73 Mar 19, 1991 2,867.82
Sep 26, 1990 2,459.65 Dec 20, 1990 2,629.46 Mar 20, 1991 2,872.03
Sep 27, 1990 2,427.48 Dec 21, 1990 2,633.66 Mar 21, 1991 2,855.45
Sep 28, 1990 2,452.48 Dec 24, 1990 2,621.29 Mar 22, 1991 2,858.91
Oct 1, 1990 2,515.84 Dec 26, 1990 2,637.13 Mar 25, 1991 2,865.84
Oct 2, 1990 2,505.20 Dec 27, 1990 2,625.50 Mar 26, 1991 2,914.85
Oct 3, 1990 2,489.36 Dec 28, 1990 2,629.21 Mar 27, 1991 2,917.57
Oct 4, 1990 2,516.83 Dec 31, 1990 2,633.66 Mar 28, 1991 2,913.86
Oct 5, 1990 2,510.64 Jan 2, 1991 2,610.64 Apr 1, 1991 2,881.19
Oct 8, 1990 2,523.76 Jan 3, 1991 2,573.51 Apr 2, 1991 2,945.05
Oct 9, 1990 2,445.54 Jan 4, 1991 2,566.09 Apr 3, 1991 2,926.73
Oct 10, 1990 2,407.92 Jan 7, 1991 2,522.77 Apr 4, 1991 2,924.50
Oct 11, 1990 2,365.10 Jan 8, 1991 2,509.41 Apr 5, 1991 2,896.78
Oct 12, 1990 2,398.02 Jan 9, 1991 2,470.30 Apr 8, 1991 2,918.56
Oct 16, 1990 2,381.19 Jan 11, 1991 2,501.49 Apr 10, 1991 2,874.50
Oct 17, 1990 2,387.87 Jan 14, 1991 2,483.91 Apr 11, 1991 2,905.45
Oct 18, 1990 2,452.72 Jan 15, 1991 2,490.59 Apr 12, 1991 2,920.79
Oct 19, 1990 2,520.79 Jan 16, 1991 2,508.91 Apr 15, 1991 2,933.17
Oct 22, 1990 2,516.09 Jan 17, 1991 2,623.51 Apr 16, 1991 2,986.88
Oct 23, 1990 2,494.06 Jan 18, 1991 2,646.78 Apr 17, 1991 3,004.46
Oct 24, 1990 2,504.21 Jan 22, 1991 2,603.22 Apr 18, 1991 2,999.26
Oct 25, 1990 2,484.16 Jan 23, 1991 2,619.06 Apr 19, 1991 2,965.59
Oct 26, 1990 2,436.14 Jan 24, 1991 2,643.07 Apr 22, 1991 2,927.72
Oct 29, 1990 2,430.20 Jan 25, 1991 2,659.41 Apr 23, 1991 2,930.45
Oct 30, 1990 2,448.02 Jan 28, 1991 2,654.46 Apr 24, 1991 2,949.50
Oct 31, 1990 2,442.33 Jan 29, 1991 2,662.62 Apr 25, 1991 2,921.04
Nov 1, 1990 2,454.95 Jan 30, 1991 2,713.12 Apr 26, 1991 2,912.38
Nov 2, 1990 2,490.84 Jan 31, 1991 2,736.39 Apr 29, 1991 2,876.98
Nov 5, 1990 2,502.23 Feb 1, 1991 2,730.69 Apr 30, 1991 2,887.87
Nov 6, 1990 2,485.15 Feb 4, 1991 2,772.28 May 1, 1991 2,930.20
Nov 7, 1990 2,441.09 Feb 5, 1991 2,788.37 May 2, 1991 2,938.61
Nov 8, 1990 2,443.81 Feb 6, 1991 2,830.94 May 3, 1991 2,938.86
Nov 9, 1990 2,488.61 Feb 7, 1991 2,810.64 May 6, 1991 2,941.64
Nov 12, 1990 2,540.35 Feb 8, 1991 2,830.69 May 7, 1991 2,917.49
Nov 13, 1990 2,535.40 Feb 11, 1991 2,902.23 May 8, 1991 2,930.90
Nov 14, 1990 2,559.65 Feb 12, 1991 2,874.75 May 9, 1991 2,971.15
Nov 15, 1990 2,545.05 Feb 13, 1991 2,909.16 May 10, 1991 2,920.17
Nov 16, 1990 2,550.25 Feb 14, 1991 2,877.23 May 13, 1991 2,924.42
Nov 19, 1990 2,565.35 Feb 15, 1991 2,934.65 May 14, 1991 2,886.85
Nov 20, 1990 2,530.20 Feb 19, 1991 2,932.18 May 15, 1991 2,865.38
Nov 21, 1990 2,539.36 Feb 20, 1991 2,899.01 May 16, 1991 2,894.01
Nov 23, 1990 2,527.23 Feb 21, 1991 2,891.83 May 17, 1991 2,886.63
Nov 26, 1990 2,533.17 Feb 22, 1991 2,889.36 May 20, 1991 2,892.22
Nov 27, 1990 2,543.81 Feb 25, 1991 2,887.87 May 21, 1991 2,906.08
Nov 28, 1990 2,535.15 Feb 26, 1991 2,864.60 May 22, 1991 2,910.33
Nov 29, 1990 2,518.81 Feb 27, 1991 2,889.11 May 23, 1991 2,900.04
Nov 30, 1990 2,559.65 Feb 28, 1991 2,882.18 May 24, 1991 2,913.91
Dec 3, 1990 2,565.59 Mar 1, 1991 2,909.90 May 28, 1991 2,958.86
Dec 4, 1990 2,579.70 Mar 4, 1991 2,914.11 May 29, 1991 2,969.59
Dec 5, 1990 2,610.40 Mar 5, 1991 2,972.52 May 30, 1991 3,000.45
Dec 6, 1990 2,602.48 Mar 6, 1991 2,973.27 May 31, 1991 3,027.50
Dec 7, 1990 2,590.10 Mar 7, 1991 2,963.37 Jun 3, 1991 3,035.33
Dec 10, 1990 2,596.78 Mar 8, 1991 2,955.20 Jun 4, 1991 3,027.95
Dec 11, 1990 2,586.14 Mar 11, 1991 2,939.36 Jun 5, 1991 3,005.37
Dec 12, 1990 2,622.28 Mar 12, 1991 2,922.52 Jun 6, 1991 2,994.86
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
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Jun 7, 1991 2,976.74 Sep 3, 1991 3,017.67 Nov 26, 1991 2,916.14
Jun 10, 1991 2,975.40 Sep 4, 1991 3,008.50 Nov 27, 1991 2,900.04
Jun 11, 1991 2,985.91 Sep 5, 1991 3,008.50 Nov 29, 1991 2,894.68
Jun 12, 1991 2,961.99 Sep 6, 1991 3,011.63 Dec 2, 1991 2,935.38
Jun 13, 1991 2,965.12 Sep 9, 1991 3,007.16 Dec 3, 1991 2,929.56
Jun 14, 1991 3,000.45 Sep 10, 1991 2,982.56 Dec 4, 1991 2,911.67
Jun 17, 1991 2,993.96 Sep 11, 1991 2,987.03 Dec 5, 1991 2,889.09
Jun 18, 1991 2,986.81 Sep 12, 1991 3,007.83 Dec 6, 1991 2,886.40
Jun 19, 1991 2,955.50 Sep 13, 1991 2,985.69 Dec 9, 1991 2,871.65
Jun 20, 1991 2,953.94 Sep 16, 1991 3,015.21 Dec 10, 1991 2,863.82
Jun 21, 1991 2,965.56 Sep 17, 1991 3,013.19 Dec 11, 1991 2,865.38
Jun 24, 1991 2,913.01 Sep 18, 1991 3,017.89 Dec 12, 1991 2,895.13
Jun 25, 1991 2,910.11 Sep 19, 1991 3,024.37 Dec 13, 1991 2,914.36
Jun 26, 1991 2,913.01 Sep 20, 1991 3,019.23 Dec 16, 1991 2,919.05
Jun 27, 1991 2,934.93 Sep 23, 1991 3,010.51 Dec 17, 1991 2,902.28
Jun 28, 1991 2,906.75 Sep 24, 1991 3,029.07 Dec 18, 1991 2,908.09
Jul 1, 1991 2,958.41 Sep 25, 1991 3,021.02 Dec 19, 1991 2,914.36
Jul 2, 1991 2,972.72 Sep 26, 1991 3,017.22 Dec 20, 1991 2,934.48
Jul 3, 1991 2,934.71 Sep 27, 1991 3,006.04 Dec 23, 1991 3,022.58
Jul 5, 1991 2,932.47 Sep 30, 1991 3,016.77 Dec 24, 1991 3,050.98
Jul 8, 1991 2,961.99 Oct 1, 1991 3,018.34 Dec 26, 1991 3,082.96
Jul 9, 1991 2,947.23 Oct 2, 1991 3,012.52 Dec 27, 1991 3,101.52
Jul 10, 1991 2,944.77 Oct 3, 1991 2,984.79 Dec 30, 1991 3,163.91
Jul 11, 1991 2,959.75 Oct 4, 1991 2,961.76 Dec 31, 1991 3,168.83
Jul 12, 1991 2,980.77 Oct 7, 1991 2,942.75 Jan 2, 1992 3,172.41
Jul 15, 1991 2,990.61 Oct 8, 1991 2,963.77 Jan 3, 1992 3,201.48
Jul 16, 1991 2,983.90 Oct 9, 1991 2,946.33 Jan 6, 1992 3,200.13
Jul 17, 1991 2,978.76 Oct 10, 1991 2,976.52 Jan 7, 1992 3,204.83
Jul 18, 1991 3,016.32 Oct 11, 1991 2,983.68 Jan 8, 1992 3,203.94
Jul 19, 1991 3,016.32 Oct 14, 1991 3,019.45 Jan 9, 1992 3,209.53
Jul 22, 1991 3,012.97 Oct 15, 1991 3,041.37 Jan 10, 1992 3,199.46
Jul 23, 1991 2,983.23 Oct 16, 1991 3,061.72 Jan 13, 1992 3,185.60
Jul 24, 1991 2,966.23 Oct 17, 1991 3,053.00 Jan 14, 1992 3,246.20
Jul 25, 1991 2,980.10 Oct 18, 1991 3,077.15 Jan 15, 1992 3,258.50
Jul 26, 1991 2,972.50 Oct 21, 1991 3,060.38 Jan 16, 1992 3,249.55
Jul 29, 1991 2,985.24 Oct 22, 1991 3,039.80 Jan 17, 1992 3,264.98
Jul 30, 1991 3,016.32 Oct 23, 1991 3,040.92 Jan 20, 1992 3,254.03
Jul 31, 1991 3,024.82 Oct 24, 1991 3,016.32 Jan 21, 1992 3,223.39
Aug 1, 1991 3,017.67 Oct 25, 1991 3,004.92 Jan 22, 1992 3,255.81
Aug 2, 1991 3,006.26 Oct 28, 1991 3,045.62 Jan 23, 1992 3,226.74
Aug 5, 1991 2,989.04 Oct 29, 1991 3,061.94 Jan 27, 1992 3,240.61
Aug 6, 1991 3,027.28 Oct 30, 1991 3,071.78 Jan 28, 1992 3,272.14
Aug 7, 1991 3,026.61 Oct 31, 1991 3,069.10 Jan 29, 1992 3,224.96
Aug 8, 1991 3,013.86 Nov 1, 1991 3,056.35 Jan 30, 1992 3,244.86
Aug 9, 1991 2,996.20 Nov 4, 1991 3,045.62 Jan 31, 1992 3,223.39
Aug 12, 1991 3,001.34 Nov 5, 1991 3,031.31 Feb 3, 1992 3,234.12
Aug 13, 1991 3,008.72 Nov 6, 1991 3,038.46 Feb 4, 1992 3,272.81
Aug 14, 1991 3,005.37 Nov 7, 1991 3,054.11 Feb 5, 1992 3,257.60
Aug 15, 1991 2,998.43 Nov 8, 1991 3,045.62 Feb 6, 1992 3,255.59
Aug 16, 1991 2,968.02 Nov 11, 1991 3,042.26 Feb 7, 1992 3,225.40
Aug 19, 1991 2,898.03 Nov 12, 1991 3,054.11 Feb 10, 1992 3,245.08
Aug 20, 1991 2,913.69 Nov 13, 1991 3,065.30 Feb 11, 1992 3,251.57
Aug 21, 1991 3,001.79 Nov 14, 1991 3,063.51 Feb 12, 1992 3,276.83
Aug 22, 1991 3,007.38 Nov 15, 1991 2,943.20 Feb 13, 1992 3,246.65
Aug 23, 1991 3,040.25 Nov 18, 1991 2,972.72 Feb 14, 1992 3,245.97
Aug 26, 1991 3,039.36 Nov 19, 1991 2,931.57 Feb 18, 1992 3,224.73
Aug 27, 1991 3,026.16 Nov 20, 1991 2,930.01 Feb 19, 1992 3,230.32
Aug 28, 1991 3,055.23 Nov 21, 1991 2,932.69 Feb 20, 1992 3,280.64
Aug 29, 1991 3,049.64 Nov 22, 1991 2,902.73 Feb 21, 1992 3,280.19
Aug 30, 1991 3,043.60 Nov 25, 1991 2,902.06 Feb 24, 1992 3,282.42
Appendix B
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Feb 25, 1992 3,257.83 May 20, 1992 3,393.84 Aug 14, 1992 3,328.94
Feb 26, 1992 3,283.32 May 21, 1992 3,378.71 Aug 17, 1992 3,324.89
Feb 27, 1992 3,269.45 May 22, 1992 3,386.77 Aug 18, 1992 3,329.48
Feb 28, 1992 3,267.67 May 26, 1992 3,364.21 Aug 19, 1992 3,307.06
Mar 2, 1992 3,275.27 May 27, 1992 3,370.44 Aug 20, 1992 3,304.89
Mar 3, 1992 3,290.25 May 28, 1992 3,398.43 Aug 21, 1992 3,254.10
Mar 4, 1992 3,268.56 May 29, 1992 3,396.88 Aug 24, 1992 3,228.17
Mar 5, 1992 3,241.50 Jun 1, 1992 3,413.21 Aug 25, 1992 3,232.22
Mar 6, 1992 3,221.60 Jun 2, 1992 3,396.10 Aug 26, 1992 3,246.81
Mar 9, 1992 3,215.12 Jun 3, 1992 3,406.99 Aug 27, 1992 3,254.64
Mar 10, 1992 3,230.99 Jun 4, 1992 3,399.73 Aug 28, 1992 3,267.61
Mar 11, 1992 3,208.63 Jun 5, 1992 3,398.69 Aug 31, 1992 3,257.35
Mar 12, 1992 3,208.63 Jun 8, 1992 3,404.14 Sep 1, 1992 3,266.26
Mar 13, 1992 3,235.91 Jun 9, 1992 3,369.92 Sep 2, 1992 3,290.31
Mar 16, 1992 3,236.36 Jun 10, 1992 3,343.22 Sep 3, 1992 3,292.20
Mar 17, 1992 3,256.04 Jun 11, 1992 3,351.51 Sep 4, 1992 3,281.93
Mar 18, 1992 3,254.25 Jun 12, 1992 3,354.36 Sep 8, 1992 3,260.59
Mar 19, 1992 3,261.40 Jun 15, 1992 3,354.90 Sep 9, 1992 3,271.39
Mar 20, 1992 3,276.39 Jun 16, 1992 3,329.49 Sep 10, 1992 3,305.16
Mar 23, 1992 3,272.14 Jun 17, 1992 3,287.76 Sep 11, 1992 3,305.70
Mar 24, 1992 3,260.96 Jun 18, 1992 3,274.12 Sep 14, 1992 3,376.22
Mar 25, 1992 3,259.39 Jun 19, 1992 3,285.35 Sep 15, 1992 3,327.32
Mar 26, 1992 3,267.67 Jun 22, 1992 3,280.80 Sep 16, 1992 3,319.21
Mar 27, 1992 3,231.44 Jun 23, 1992 3,285.62 Sep 17, 1992 3,315.70
Mar 30, 1992 3,235.24 Jun 24, 1992 3,290.70 Sep 18, 1992 3,327.05
Mar 31, 1992 3,235.47 Jun 25, 1992 3,284.01 Sep 21, 1992 3,320.83
Apr 1, 1992 3,249.33 Jun 26, 1992 3,282.41 Sep 22, 1992 3,280.85
Apr 2, 1992 3,234.12 Jun 29, 1992 3,319.86 Sep 23, 1992 3,278.69
Apr 3, 1992 3,249.11 Jun 30, 1992 3,318.52 Sep 24, 1992 3,287.87
Apr 6, 1992 3,275.49 Jul 1, 1992 3,354.10 Sep 25, 1992 3,250.32
Apr 7, 1992 3,213.55 Jul 2, 1992 3,330.29 Sep 28, 1992 3,276.26
Apr 8, 1992 3,181.35 Jul 6, 1992 3,339.21 Sep 29, 1992 3,266.80
Apr 9, 1992 3,224.96 Jul 7, 1992 3,295.17 Sep 30, 1992 3,271.66
Apr 10, 1992 3,255.37 Jul 8, 1992 3,293.28 Oct 1, 1992 3,254.37
Apr 13, 1992 3,260.06 Jul 9, 1992 3,324.08 Oct 2, 1992 3,200.61
Apr 14, 1992 3,306.13 Jul 10, 1992 3,330.56 Oct 5, 1992 3,179.00
Apr 15, 1992 3,353.76 Jul 13, 1992 3,337.31 Oct 6, 1992 3,178.19
Apr 16, 1992 3,366.50 Jul 14, 1992 3,358.39 Oct 7, 1992 3,152.25
Apr 20, 1992 3,336.31 Jul 15, 1992 3,345.42 Oct 8, 1992 3,176.03
Apr 21, 1992 3,343.25 Jul 16, 1992 3,361.63 Oct 9, 1992 3,136.58
Apr 22, 1992 3,338.77 Jul 17, 1992 3,331.64 Oct 12, 1992 3,174.41
Apr 23, 1992 3,348.61 Jul 20, 1992 3,303.00 Oct 13, 1992 3,201.42
Apr 24, 1992 3,324.46 Jul 21, 1992 3,308.41 Oct 14, 1992 3,195.48
Apr 27, 1992 3,304.56 Jul 22, 1992 3,277.61 Oct 15, 1992 3,174.68
Apr 28, 1992 3,307.92 Jul 23, 1992 3,290.04 Oct 16, 1992 3,174.41
Apr 29, 1992 3,333.18 Jul 24, 1992 3,285.71 Oct 19, 1992 3,188.45
Apr 30, 1992 3,359.12 Jul 27, 1992 3,282.20 Oct 20, 1992 3,186.02
May 1, 1992 3,336.09 Jul 28, 1992 3,334.07 Oct 21, 1992 3,187.10
May 4, 1992 3,378.13 Jul 29, 1992 3,379.19 Oct 22, 1992 3,200.88
May 5, 1992 3,359.35 Jul 30, 1992 3,391.89 Oct 23, 1992 3,207.64
May 6, 1992 3,369.41 Jul 31, 1992 3,393.78 Oct 26, 1992 3,244.11
May 7, 1992 3,363.37 Aug 3, 1992 3,395.40 Oct 27, 1992 3,235.73
May 8, 1992 3,369.41 Aug 4, 1992 3,384.32 Oct 28, 1992 3,251.40
May 11, 1992 3,397.58 Aug 5, 1992 3,365.14 Oct 29, 1992 3,246.27
May 12, 1992 3,385.12 Aug 6, 1992 3,340.56 Oct 30, 1992 3,226.28
May 13, 1992 3,391.98 Aug 7, 1992 3,332.18 Nov 2, 1992 3,262.21
May 14, 1992 3,368.88 Aug 10, 1992 3,337.58 Nov 3, 1992 3,252.48
May 15, 1992 3,353.09 Aug 11, 1992 3,331.10 Nov 4, 1992 3,223.04
May 18, 1992 3,376.03 Aug 12, 1992 3,320.83 Nov 5, 1992 3,243.84
May 19, 1992 3,397.99 Aug 13, 1992 3,313.27 Nov 6, 1992 3,240.06
Appendix B
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Nov 9, 1992 3,240.87 Feb 4, 1993 3,416.74 May 3, 1993 3,446.46
Nov 10, 1992 3,225.47 Feb 5, 1993 3,442.14 May 4, 1993 3,446.19
Nov 11, 1992 3,240.33 Feb 8, 1993 3,437.54 May 5, 1993 3,449.10
Nov 12, 1992 3,239.79 Feb 9, 1993 3,414.58 May 6, 1993 3,441.90
Nov 13, 1992 3,233.03 Feb 10, 1993 3,412.42 May 7, 1993 3,437.19
Nov 16, 1992 3,205.74 Feb 11, 1993 3,422.69 May 10, 1993 3,443.28
Nov 17, 1992 3,193.32 Feb 12, 1993 3,392.43 May 11, 1993 3,468.75
Nov 18, 1992 3,207.37 Feb 16, 1993 3,309.49 May 12, 1993 3,482.31
Nov 19, 1992 3,209.53 Feb 17, 1993 3,312.19 May 13, 1993 3,447.99
Nov 20, 1992 3,227.36 Feb 18, 1993 3,302.19 May 14, 1993 3,443.01
Nov 23, 1992 3,223.04 Feb 19, 1993 3,322.18 May 17, 1993 3,449.93
Nov 24, 1992 3,248.70 Feb 22, 1993 3,342.99 May 18, 1993 3,444.39
Nov 25, 1992 3,266.26 Feb 23, 1993 3,323.27 May 19, 1993 3,500.03
Nov 27, 1992 3,282.20 Feb 24, 1993 3,356.50 May 20, 1993 3,523.28
Nov 30, 1992 3,305.16 Feb 25, 1993 3,365.14 May 21, 1993 3,492.83
Dec 1, 1992 3,294.36 Feb 26, 1993 3,370.81 May 24, 1993 3,507.78
Dec 2, 1992 3,286.25 Mar 1, 1993 3,355.41 May 25, 1993 3,516.63
Dec 3, 1992 3,276.53 Mar 2, 1993 3,400.53 May 26, 1993 3,540.16
Dec 4, 1992 3,288.68 Mar 3, 1993 3,404.04 May 27, 1993 3,554.83
Dec 7, 1992 3,307.33 Mar 4, 1993 3,398.91 May 28, 1993 3,527.43
Dec 8, 1992 3,322.18 Mar 5, 1993 3,404.58 Jun 1, 1993 3,552.34
Dec 9, 1992 3,323.81 Mar 8, 1993 3,469.42 Jun 2, 1993 3,553.45
Dec 10, 1992 3,312.19 Mar 9, 1993 3,472.12 Jun 3, 1993 3,544.87
Dec 11, 1992 3,304.08 Mar 10, 1993 3,478.34 Jun 4, 1993 3,545.14
Dec 14, 1992 3,292.20 Mar 11, 1993 3,457.00 Jun 7, 1993 3,532.13
Dec 15, 1992 3,284.36 Mar 12, 1993 3,427.82 Jun 8, 1993 3,510.54
Dec 16, 1992 3,255.18 Mar 15, 1993 3,442.41 Jun 9, 1993 3,511.93
Dec 17, 1992 3,269.23 Mar 16, 1993 3,442.95 Jun 10, 1993 3,491.72
Dec 18, 1992 3,313.27 Mar 17, 1993 3,426.74 Jun 11, 1993 3,505.01
Dec 21, 1992 3,312.46 Mar 18, 1993 3,465.64 Jun 14, 1993 3,514.69
Dec 22, 1992 3,321.10 Mar 19, 1993 3,471.58 Jun 15, 1993 3,492.00
Dec 23, 1992 3,313.54 Mar 22, 1993 3,463.48 Jun 16, 1993 3,511.65
Dec 24, 1992 3,326.24 Mar 23, 1993 3,461.86 Jun 17, 1993 3,521.89
Dec 28, 1992 3,333.26 Mar 24, 1993 3,445.38 Jun 18, 1993 3,494.77
Dec 29, 1992 3,310.84 Mar 25, 1993 3,461.32 Jun 21, 1993 3,510.82
Dec 30, 1992 3,321.10 Mar 26, 1993 3,439.98 Jun 22, 1993 3,497.53
Dec 31, 1992 3,301.11 Mar 29, 1993 3,455.10 Jun 23, 1993 3,466.81
Jan 4, 1993 3,309.22 Mar 30, 1993 3,457.27 Jun 24, 1993 3,490.61
Jan 5, 1993 3,307.87 Mar 31, 1993 3,435.11 Jun 25, 1993 3,490.89
Jan 6, 1993 3,305.16 Apr 1, 1993 3,439.44 Jun 28, 1993 3,530.19
Jan 7, 1993 3,268.96 Apr 2, 1993 3,370.81 Jun 29, 1993 3,518.85
Jan 8, 1993 3,251.67 Apr 5, 1993 3,379.19 Jun 30, 1993 3,516.08
Jan 11, 1993 3,262.75 Apr 6, 1993 3,377.57 Jul 1, 1993 3,510.54
Jan 12, 1993 3,264.64 Apr 7, 1993 3,397.02 Jul 2, 1993 3,483.97
Jan 13, 1993 3,263.56 Apr 8, 1993 3,396.48 Jul 6, 1993 3,449.93
Jan 14, 1993 3,267.88 Apr 12, 1993 3,428.09 Jul 7, 1993 3,475.67
Jan 15, 1993 3,271.12 Apr 13, 1993 3,444.03 Jul 8, 1993 3,514.42
Jan 18, 1993 3,274.91 Apr 14, 1993 3,455.64 Jul 9, 1993 3,521.06
Jan 19, 1993 3,255.99 Apr 15, 1993 3,455.92 Jul 12, 1993 3,524.38
Jan 20, 1993 3,241.95 Apr 16, 1993 3,478.61 Jul 13, 1993 3,515.44
Jan 21, 1993 3,253.02 Apr 19, 1993 3,466.99 Jul 14, 1993 3,542.55
Jan 22, 1993 3,256.81 Apr 20, 1993 3,443.49 Jul 15, 1993 3,550.93
Jan 25, 1993 3,292.20 Apr 21, 1993 3,439.44 Jul 16, 1993 3,528.29
Jan 26, 1993 3,298.95 Apr 22, 1993 3,429.17 Jul 19, 1993 3,535.28
Jan 27, 1993 3,291.39 Apr 23, 1993 3,413.77 Jul 20, 1993 3,544.78
Jan 28, 1993 3,306.25 Apr 26, 1993 3,398.37 Jul 21, 1993 3,555.40
Jan 29, 1993 3,310.03 Apr 27, 1993 3,415.93 Jul 22, 1993 3,525.22
Feb 1, 1993 3,332.18 Apr 28, 1993 3,413.50 Jul 23, 1993 3,546.74
Feb 2, 1993 3,328.67 Apr 29, 1993 3,425.12 Jul 26, 1993 3,567.70
Feb 3, 1993 3,373.79 Apr 30, 1993 3,427.55 Jul 27, 1993 3,565.46
Appendix B
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Jul 28, 1993 3,553.45 Oct 21, 1993 3,636.16 Jan 17, 1994 3,870.29
Jul 29, 1993 3,567.42 Oct 22, 1993 3,649.30 Jan 18, 1994 3,870.29
Jul 30, 1993 3,539.47 Oct 25, 1993 3,673.61 Jan 19, 1994 3,884.37
Aug 2, 1993 3,560.99 Oct 26, 1993 3,672.49 Jan 20, 1994 3,891.96
Aug 3, 1993 3,561.27 Oct 27, 1993 3,664.66 Jan 21, 1994 3,914.48
Aug 4, 1993 3,552.05 Oct 28, 1993 3,687.86 Jan 24, 1994 3,912.79
Aug 5, 1993 3,548.97 Oct 29, 1993 3,680.59 Jan 25, 1994 3,895.34
Aug 6, 1993 3,560.43 Nov 1, 1993 3,692.61 Jan 26, 1994 3,908.00
Aug 9, 1993 3,576.08 Nov 2, 1993 3,697.64 Jan 27, 1994 3,926.30
Aug 10, 1993 3,572.73 Nov 3, 1993 3,661.87 Jan 28, 1994 3,945.43
Aug 11, 1993 3,583.35 Nov 4, 1993 3,624.98 Jan 31, 1994 3,978.36
Aug 12, 1993 3,569.09 Nov 5, 1993 3,643.43 Feb 1, 1994 3,964.01
Aug 13, 1993 3,569.65 Nov 8, 1993 3,647.90 Feb 2, 1994 3,975.54
Aug 16, 1993 3,579.15 Nov 9, 1993 3,640.07 Feb 3, 1994 3,967.66
Aug 17, 1993 3,586.98 Nov 10, 1993 3,663.55 Feb 4, 1994 3,871.42
Aug 18, 1993 3,604.86 Nov 11, 1993 3,662.43 Feb 7, 1994 3,906.32
Aug 19, 1993 3,612.13 Nov 12, 1993 3,684.51 Feb 8, 1994 3,906.03
Aug 20, 1993 3,615.48 Nov 15, 1993 3,677.52 Feb 9, 1994 3,931.92
Aug 23, 1993 3,605.98 Nov 16, 1993 3,710.77 Feb 10, 1994 3,895.34
Aug 24, 1993 3,638.96 Nov 17, 1993 3,704.35 Feb 11, 1994 3,894.78
Aug 25, 1993 3,652.09 Nov 18, 1993 3,685.34 Feb 14, 1994 3,904.06
Aug 26, 1993 3,648.18 Nov 19, 1993 3,694.01 Feb 15, 1994 3,928.27
Aug 27, 1993 3,640.63 Nov 22, 1993 3,670.25 Feb 16, 1994 3,937.27
Aug 30, 1993 3,643.99 Nov 23, 1993 3,674.17 Feb 17, 1994 3,922.64
Aug 31, 1993 3,651.25 Nov 24, 1993 3,687.58 Feb 18, 1994 3,887.46
Sep 1, 1993 3,645.10 Nov 26, 1993 3,683.95 Feb 22, 1994 3,911.66
Sep 2, 1993 3,626.10 Nov 29, 1993 3,677.80 Feb 23, 1994 3,891.68
Sep 3, 1993 3,633.93 Nov 30, 1993 3,683.95 Feb 24, 1994 3,839.90
Sep 7, 1993 3,607.10 Dec 1, 1993 3,697.08 Feb 25, 1994 3,838.78
Sep 8, 1993 3,588.93 Dec 2, 1993 3,702.11 Feb 28, 1994 3,832.02
Sep 9, 1993 3,589.49 Dec 3, 1993 3,704.07 Mar 1, 1994 3,809.23
Sep 10, 1993 3,621.63 Dec 6, 1993 3,710.21 Mar 2, 1994 3,831.74
Sep 13, 1993 3,634.21 Dec 7, 1993 3,718.88 Mar 3, 1994 3,824.42
Sep 14, 1993 3,615.76 Dec 8, 1993 3,734.53 Mar 4, 1994 3,832.30
Sep 15, 1993 3,633.65 Dec 9, 1993 3,729.78 Mar 7, 1994 3,856.22
Sep 16, 1993 3,630.85 Dec 10, 1993 3,740.67 Mar 8, 1994 3,851.72
Sep 17, 1993 3,613.25 Dec 13, 1993 3,764.43 Mar 9, 1994 3,853.41
Sep 20, 1993 3,575.80 Dec 14, 1993 3,742.63 Mar 10, 1994 3,830.62
Sep 21, 1993 3,537.24 Dec 15, 1993 3,716.92 Mar 11, 1994 3,862.70
Sep 22, 1993 3,547.02 Dec 16, 1993 3,726.14 Mar 14, 1994 3,862.98
Sep 23, 1993 3,539.75 Dec 17, 1993 3,751.57 Mar 15, 1994 3,849.59
Sep 24, 1993 3,543.11 Dec 20, 1993 3,755.21 Mar 16, 1994 3,848.15
Sep 27, 1993 3,567.70 Dec 21, 1993 3,745.15 Mar 17, 1994 3,865.14
Sep 28, 1993 3,566.02 Dec 22, 1993 3,762.19 Mar 18, 1994 3,895.65
Sep 29, 1993 3,566.30 Dec 23, 1993 3,757.72 Mar 21, 1994 3,864.85
Sep 30, 1993 3,555.12 Dec 27, 1993 3,792.93 Mar 22, 1994 3,862.55
Oct 1, 1993 3,581.11 Dec 28, 1993 3,793.77 Mar 23, 1994 3,869.46
Oct 4, 1993 3,577.76 Dec 29, 1993 3,794.33 Mar 24, 1994 3,821.09
Oct 5, 1993 3,587.26 Dec 30, 1993 3,775.88 Mar 25, 1994 3,774.73
Oct 6, 1993 3,598.99 Dec 31, 1993 3,754.09 Mar 28, 1994 3,762.35
Oct 7, 1993 3,583.63 Jan 3, 1994 3,756.60 Mar 29, 1994 3,699.02
Oct 8, 1993 3,584.74 Jan 4, 1994 3,783.90 Mar 30, 1994 3,626.75
Oct 11, 1993 3,593.41 Jan 5, 1994 3,798.82 Mar 31, 1994 3,635.96
Oct 12, 1993 3,593.13 Jan 6, 1994 3,803.88 Apr 4, 1994 3,593.35
Oct 13, 1993 3,603.19 Jan 7, 1994 3,820.77 Apr 5, 1994 3,675.41
Oct 14, 1993 3,621.63 Jan 10, 1994 3,865.51 Apr 6, 1994 3,679.73
Oct 15, 1993 3,629.73 Jan 11, 1994 3,850.31 Apr 7, 1994 3,693.26
Oct 18, 1993 3,642.31 Jan 12, 1994 3,848.63 Apr 8, 1994 3,674.26
Oct 19, 1993 3,635.32 Jan 13, 1994 3,842.43 Apr 11, 1994 3,688.83
Oct 20, 1993 3,645.10 Jan 14, 1994 3,867.20 Apr 12, 1994 3,681.69
Appendix B
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Apr 13, 1994 3,661.47 Jul 11, 1994 3,703.00 Oct 4, 1994 3,801.13
Apr 14, 1994 3,663.25 Jul 12, 1994 3,702.66 Oct 5, 1994 3,787.34
Apr 15, 1994 3,661.47 Jul 13, 1994 3,704.28 Oct 6, 1994 3,775.56
Apr 18, 1994 3,620.42 Jul 14, 1994 3,739.26 Oct 7, 1994 3,797.43
Apr 19, 1994 3,619.82 Jul 15, 1994 3,753.82 Oct 10, 1994 3,821.32
Apr 20, 1994 3,598.71 Jul 18, 1994 3,755.44 Oct 11, 1994 3,876.83
Apr 21, 1994 3,652.54 Jul 19, 1994 3,748.31 Oct 12, 1994 3,875.15
Apr 22, 1994 3,648.68 Jul 20, 1994 3,727.27 Oct 13, 1994 3,889.95
Apr 25, 1994 3,705.78 Jul 21, 1994 3,732.45 Oct 14, 1994 3,910.47
Apr 26, 1994 3,699.54 Jul 22, 1994 3,735.04 Oct 17, 1994 3,923.93
Apr 28, 1994 3,668.31 Jul 25, 1994 3,741.84 Oct 18, 1994 3,917.54
Apr 29, 1994 3,681.69 Jul 26, 1994 3,735.68 Oct 19, 1994 3,936.04
May 2, 1994 3,701.02 Jul 27, 1994 3,720.47 Oct 20, 1994 3,911.15
May 3, 1994 3,714.41 Jul 28, 1994 3,730.83 Oct 21, 1994 3,891.30
May 4, 1994 3,697.75 Jul 29, 1994 3,764.50 Oct 24, 1994 3,855.30
May 5, 1994 3,695.97 Aug 1, 1994 3,798.17 Oct 25, 1994 3,850.59
May 6, 1994 3,669.50 Aug 2, 1994 3,796.22 Oct 26, 1994 3,848.23
May 9, 1994 3,629.04 Aug 3, 1994 3,792.66 Oct 27, 1994 3,875.15
May 10, 1994 3,656.41 Aug 4, 1994 3,765.79 Oct 28, 1994 3,930.66
May 11, 1994 3,629.04 Aug 5, 1994 3,747.02 Oct 31, 1994 3,908.12
May 12, 1994 3,652.84 Aug 8, 1994 3,753.81 Nov 1, 1994 3,863.37
May 13, 1994 3,659.68 Aug 9, 1994 3,755.76 Nov 2, 1994 3,837.13
May 16, 1994 3,671.50 Aug 10, 1994 3,766.76 Nov 3, 1994 3,845.88
May 17, 1994 3,720.61 Aug 11, 1994 3,750.90 Nov 4, 1994 3,807.52
May 18, 1994 3,732.89 Aug 12, 1994 3,768.71 Nov 7, 1994 3,808.87
May 19, 1994 3,758.98 Aug 15, 1994 3,760.29 Nov 8, 1994 3,830.74
May 20, 1994 3,766.36 Aug 16, 1994 3,784.57 Nov 9, 1994 3,831.75
May 23, 1994 3,742.40 Aug 17, 1994 3,776.48 Nov 10, 1994 3,821.99
May 24, 1994 3,745.16 Aug 18, 1994 3,755.43 Nov 11, 1994 3,801.47
May 25, 1994 3,755.30 Aug 19, 1994 3,755.11 Nov 14, 1994 3,829.73
May 26, 1994 3,753.50 Aug 22, 1994 3,751.22 Nov 15, 1994 3,826.36
May 27, 1994 3,757.10 Aug 23, 1994 3,775.83 Nov 16, 1994 3,845.20
May 31, 1994 3,758.40 Aug 24, 1994 3,846.73 Nov 17, 1994 3,828.05
Jun 1, 1994 3,760.84 Aug 25, 1994 3,829.89 Nov 18, 1994 3,815.26
Jun 2, 1994 3,759.00 Aug 26, 1994 3,881.05 Nov 21, 1994 3,769.51
Jun 3, 1994 3,772.20 Aug 29, 1994 3,898.85 Nov 22, 1994 3,677.99
Jun 6, 1994 3,768.52 Aug 30, 1994 3,917.30 Nov 23, 1994 3,674.63
Jun 7, 1994 3,755.92 Aug 31, 1994 3,913.42 Nov 25, 1994 3,708.27
Jun 8, 1994 3,749.50 Sep 1, 1994 3,901.44 Nov 28, 1994 3,739.56
Jun 9, 1994 3,753.14 Sep 2, 1994 3,885.58 Nov 29, 1994 3,738.55
Jun 10, 1994 3,773.50 Sep 6, 1994 3,898.70 Nov 30, 1994 3,739.23
Jun 13, 1994 3,783.12 Sep 7, 1994 3,886.25 Dec 1, 1994 3,700.87
Jun 14, 1994 3,814.80 Sep 8, 1994 3,908.46 Dec 2, 1994 3,745.62
Jun 15, 1994 3,790.40 Sep 9, 1994 3,874.81 Dec 5, 1994 3,741.92
Jun 16, 1994 3,811.34 Sep 12, 1994 3,860.34 Dec 6, 1994 3,745.95
Jun 17, 1994 3,776.80 Sep 13, 1994 3,879.86 Dec 7, 1994 3,735.52
Jun 20, 1994 3,741.90 Sep 14, 1994 3,895.33 Dec 8, 1994 3,685.73
Jun 21, 1994 3,707.98 Sep 15, 1994 3,953.88 Dec 9, 1994 3,691.11
Jun 22, 1994 3,724.78 Sep 16, 1994 3,933.35 Dec 12, 1994 3,718.37
Jun 23, 1994 3,699.10 Sep 19, 1994 3,936.72 Dec 13, 1994 3,715.34
Jun 24, 1994 3,636.94 Sep 20, 1994 3,869.09 Dec 14, 1994 3,746.29
Jun 27, 1994 3,685.50 Sep 21, 1994 3,851.60 Dec 15, 1994 3,765.47
Jun 28, 1994 3,669.64 Sep 22, 1994 3,837.13 Dec 16, 1994 3,807.19
Jun 29, 1994 3,667.06 Sep 23, 1994 3,831.75 Dec 19, 1994 3,790.70
Jun 30, 1994 3,624.96 Sep 26, 1994 3,849.24 Dec 20, 1994 3,767.15
Jul 1, 1994 3,646.66 Sep 27, 1994 3,863.04 Dec 21, 1994 3,801.80
Jul 5, 1994 3,652.48 Sep 28, 1994 3,878.18 Dec 22, 1994 3,814.92
Jul 6, 1994 3,674.50 Sep 29, 1994 3,854.63 Dec 23, 1994 3,833.43
Jul 7, 1994 3,688.42 Sep 30, 1994 3,843.19 Dec 27, 1994 3,861.69
Jul 8, 1994 3,709.14 Oct 3, 1994 3,846.89 Dec 28, 1994 3,839.49
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Dec 29, 1994 3,833.43 Mar 27, 1995 4,157.34 Jun 21, 1995 4,547.10
Dec 30, 1994 3,834.44 Mar 28, 1995 4,151.81 Jun 22, 1995 4,589.64
Jan 3, 1995 3,838.48 Mar 29, 1995 4,160.80 Jun 23, 1995 4,585.84
Jan 4, 1995 3,857.65 Mar 30, 1995 4,172.56 Jun 26, 1995 4,551.25
Jan 5, 1995 3,850.92 Mar 31, 1995 4,157.69 Jun 27, 1995 4,542.61
Jan 6, 1995 3,867.41 Apr 3, 1995 4,168.41 Jun 28, 1995 4,556.79
Jan 9, 1995 3,861.35 Apr 4, 1995 4,201.61 Jun 29, 1995 4,550.56
Jan 10, 1995 3,866.74 Apr 5, 1995 4,200.57 Jun 30, 1995 4,556.10
Jan 11, 1995 3,862.03 Apr 6, 1995 4,205.41 Jul 3, 1995 4,585.15
Jan 12, 1995 3,859.00 Apr 7, 1995 4,192.62 Jul 5, 1995 4,615.23
Jan 13, 1995 3,908.46 Apr 10, 1995 4,198.15 Jul 6, 1995 4,664.00
Jan 16, 1995 3,932.34 Apr 11, 1995 4,187.08 Jul 7, 1995 4,702.73
Jan 17, 1995 3,930.66 Apr 12, 1995 4,197.81 Jul 10, 1995 4,702.39
Jan 18, 1995 3,928.98 Apr 13, 1995 4,208.18 Jul 11, 1995 4,680.60
Jan 19, 1995 3,882.21 Apr 17, 1995 4,195.38 Jul 12, 1995 4,727.29
Jan 20, 1995 3,869.43 Apr 18, 1995 4,179.13 Jul 13, 1995 4,727.48
Jan 23, 1995 3,867.41 Apr 19, 1995 4,207.49 Jul 14, 1995 4,708.82
Jan 24, 1995 3,862.70 Apr 20, 1995 4,230.66 Jul 17, 1995 4,736.29
Jan 25, 1995 3,871.45 Apr 21, 1995 4,270.09 Jul 18, 1995 4,686.28
Jan 26, 1995 3,870.44 Apr 24, 1995 4,303.98 Jul 19, 1995 4,628.87
Jan 27, 1995 3,857.99 Apr 25, 1995 4,300.17 Jul 20, 1995 4,641.55
Jan 30, 1995 3,832.08 Apr 26, 1995 4,299.83 Jul 21, 1995 4,641.55
Jan 31, 1995 3,843.86 Apr 27, 1995 4,314.70 Jul 24, 1995 4,668.67
Feb 1, 1995 3,847.56 Apr 28, 1995 4,321.27 Jul 25, 1995 4,714.45
Feb 2, 1995 3,870.77 May 1, 1995 4,316.08 Jul 26, 1995 4,707.06
Feb 3, 1995 3,928.64 May 2, 1995 4,328.88 Jul 27, 1995 4,732.77
Feb 6, 1995 3,937.73 May 3, 1995 4,373.15 Jul 28, 1995 4,715.51
Feb 7, 1995 3,937.39 May 4, 1995 4,359.66 Jul 31, 1995 4,708.47
Feb 8, 1995 3,935.37 May 5, 1995 4,343.40 Aug 1, 1995 4,700.37
Feb 9, 1995 3,932.68 May 8, 1995 4,383.87 Aug 2, 1995 4,690.15
Feb 10, 1995 3,939.07 May 9, 1995 4,390.78 Aug 3, 1995 4,701.42
Feb 13, 1995 3,954.21 May 10, 1995 4,404.62 Aug 4, 1995 4,683.46
Feb 14, 1995 3,958.25 May 11, 1995 4,411.19 Aug 7, 1995 4,693.32
Feb 15, 1995 3,986.17 May 12, 1995 4,430.56 Aug 8, 1995 4,693.32
Feb 16, 1995 3,987.52 May 15, 1995 4,437.47 Aug 9, 1995 4,671.49
Feb 17, 1995 3,953.54 May 16, 1995 4,435.05 Aug 10, 1995 4,643.66
Feb 21, 1995 3,963.97 May 17, 1995 4,422.60 Aug 11, 1995 4,618.30
Feb 22, 1995 3,973.05 May 18, 1995 4,340.64 Aug 14, 1995 4,659.86
Feb 23, 1995 4,003.33 May 19, 1995 4,341.33 Aug 15, 1995 4,640.84
Feb 24, 1995 4,011.74 May 22, 1995 4,395.63 Aug 16, 1995 4,639.08
Feb 27, 1995 3,988.57 May 23, 1995 4,436.44 Aug 17, 1995 4,630.63
Feb 28, 1995 4,011.05 May 24, 1995 4,438.16 Aug 18, 1995 4,617.60
Mar 1, 1995 3,994.80 May 25, 1995 4,412.23 Aug 21, 1995 4,614.78
Mar 2, 1995 3,979.93 May 26, 1995 4,369.00 Aug 22, 1995 4,620.42
Mar 3, 1995 3,989.61 May 30, 1995 4,378.68 Aug 23, 1995 4,584.85
Mar 6, 1995 3,997.56 May 31, 1995 4,465.14 Aug 24, 1995 4,580.62
Mar 7, 1995 3,962.63 Jun 1, 1995 4,472.75 Aug 25, 1995 4,601.40
Mar 8, 1995 3,979.23 Jun 2, 1995 4,444.39 Aug 28, 1995 4,594.00
Mar 9, 1995 3,983.39 Jun 5, 1995 4,476.55 Aug 29, 1995 4,608.44
Mar 10, 1995 4,035.61 Jun 6, 1995 4,485.20 Aug 30, 1995 4,604.57
Mar 13, 1995 4,025.23 Jun 7, 1995 4,462.03 Aug 31, 1995 4,610.56
Mar 14, 1995 4,048.75 Jun 8, 1995 4,458.57 Sep 1, 1995 4,647.54
Mar 15, 1995 4,038.37 Jun 9, 1995 4,423.99 Sep 5, 1995 4,670.08
Mar 16, 1995 4,069.15 Jun 12, 1995 4,446.46 Sep 6, 1995 4,683.81
Mar 17, 1995 4,073.65 Jun 13, 1995 4,484.51 Sep 7, 1995 4,669.72
Mar 20, 1995 4,083.68 Jun 14, 1995 4,491.08 Sep 8, 1995 4,700.72
Mar 21, 1995 4,072.61 Jun 15, 1995 4,496.27 Sep 11, 1995 4,704.94
Mar 22, 1995 4,082.99 Jun 16, 1995 4,510.79 Sep 12, 1995 4,747.21
Mar 23, 1995 4,087.83 Jun 19, 1995 4,553.68 Sep 13, 1995 4,765.52
Mar 24, 1995 4,138.67 Jun 20, 1995 4,550.56 Sep 14, 1995 4,801.80
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Sep 15, 1995 4,797.57 Dec 11, 1995 5,184.32 Mar 07, 1996 5,641.69
Sep 18, 1995 4,780.41 Dec 12, 1995 5,174.92 Mar 08, 1996 5,470.45
Sep 19, 1995 4,767.04 Dec 13, 1995 5,216.47 Mar 11, 1996 5,581.00
Sep 20, 1995 4,792.69 Dec 14, 1995 5,182.15 Mar 12, 1996 5,583.89
Sep 21, 1995 4,767.40 Dec 15, 1995 5,176.73 Mar 13, 1996 5,568.72
Sep 22, 1995 4,764.15 Dec 18, 1995 5,075.21 Mar 14, 1996 5,586.06
Sep 25, 1995 4,769.93 Dec 19, 1995 5,109.89 Mar 15, 1996 5,584.97
Sep 26, 1995 4,765.60 Dec 20, 1995 5,059.32 Mar 18, 1996 5,683.60
Sep 27, 1995 4,762.35 Dec 21, 1995 5,096.53 Mar 19, 1996 5,669.51
Sep 28, 1995 4,787.64 Dec 22, 1995 5,097.97 Mar 20, 1996 5,655.42
Sep 29, 1995 4,789.08 Dec 26, 1995 5,110.26 Mar 21, 1996 5,626.88
Oct 2, 1995 4,761.26 Dec 27, 1995 5,105.92 Mar 22, 1996 5,636.64
Oct 3, 1995 4,749.70 Dec 28, 1995 5,095.80 Mar 25, 1996 5,643.86
Oct 4, 1995 4,740.67 Dec 29, 1995 5,117.12 Mar 26, 1996 5,670.60
Oct 5, 1995 4,762.71 Jan 2, 1996 5,177.45 Mar 27, 1996 5,626.88
Oct 6, 1995 4,769.21 Jan 3, 1996 5,194.07 Mar 28, 1996 5,630.85
Oct 9, 1995 4,726.22 Jan 4, 1996 5,173.84 Mar 29, 1996 5,587.14
Oct 10, 1995 4,720.80 Jan 5, 1996 5,181.43 Apr 1, 1996 5,637.72
Oct 11, 1995 4,735.25 Jan 8, 1996 5,197.68 Apr 2, 1996 5,671.68
Oct 12, 1995 4,764.88 Jan 9, 1996 5,130.13 Apr 3, 1996 5,689.74
Oct 13, 1995 4,793.78 Jan 10, 1996 5,032.94 Apr 4, 1996 5,682.88
Oct 16, 1995 4,784.38 Jan 11, 1996 5,065.10 Apr 8, 1996 5,594.37
Oct 17, 1995 4,795.94 Jan 12, 1996 5,061.12 Apr 9, 1996 5,560.41
Oct 18, 1995 4,777.52 Jan 15, 1996 5,043.78 Apr 10, 1996 5,485.98
Oct 19, 1995 4,802.45 Jan 16, 1996 5,088.22 Apr 11, 1996 5,487.07
Oct 20, 1995 4,794.86 Jan 17, 1996 5,066.90 Apr 12, 1996 5,532.59
Oct 23, 1995 4,755.48 Jan 18, 1996 5,124.35 Apr 15, 1996 5,592.92
Oct 24, 1995 4,783.66 Jan 19, 1996 5,184.68 Apr 16, 1996 5,620.02
Oct 25, 1995 4,753.68 Jan 22, 1996 5,219.36 Apr 17, 1996 5,549.93
Oct 26, 1995 4,703.82 Jan 23, 1996 5,192.27 Apr 18, 1996 5,551.74
Oct 27, 1995 4,741.75 Jan 24, 1996 5,242.84 Apr 19, 1996 5,535.48
Oct 30, 1995 4,756.57 Jan 25, 1996 5,216.83 Apr 22, 1996 5,564.74
Oct 31, 1995 4,755.48 Jan 26, 1996 5,271.75 Apr 23, 1996 5,588.59
Nov 1, 1995 4,766.68 Jan 29, 1996 5,304.98 Apr 24, 1996 5,553.90
Nov 2, 1995 4,808.59 Jan 30, 1996 5,381.21 Apr 25, 1996 5,566.91
Nov 3, 1995 4,825.57 Jan 31, 1996 5,395.30 Apr 26, 1996 5,567.99
Nov 6, 1995 4,814.01 Feb 1, 1996 5,405.06 Apr 29, 1996 5,573.41
Nov 7, 1995 4,797.03 Feb 2, 1996 5,373.99 Apr 30, 1996 5,569.08
Nov 8, 1995 4,852.67 Feb 5, 1996 5,407.59 May 1, 1996 5,575.22
Nov 9, 1995 4,864.23 Feb 6, 1996 5,459.61 May 2, 1996 5,498.27
Nov 10, 1995 4,870.37 Feb 7, 1996 5,492.12 May 3, 1996 5,478.03
Nov 13, 1995 4,872.90 Feb 8, 1996 5,539.45 May 6, 1996 5,464.31
Nov 14, 1995 4,871.81 Feb 9, 1996 5,541.62 May 7, 1996 5,420.95
Nov 15, 1995 4,922.75 Feb 12, 1996 5,600.15 May 8, 1996 5,474.06
Nov 16, 1995 4,969.36 Feb 13, 1996 5,601.23 May 9, 1996 5,475.14
Nov 17, 1995 4,989.95 Feb 14, 1996 5,579.55 May 10, 1996 5,518.14
Nov 20, 1995 4,983.09 Feb 15, 1996 5,551.37 May 13, 1996 5,582.60
Nov 21, 1995 5,023.55 Feb 16, 1996 5,503.32 May 14, 1996 5,624.71
Nov 22, 1995 5,041.61 Feb 20, 1996 5,458.53 May 15, 1996 5,625.44
Nov 24, 1995 5,048.84 Feb 21, 1996 5,515.97 May 16, 1996 5,635.05
Nov 27, 1995 5,070.88 Feb 22, 1996 5,608.46 May 17, 1996 5,687.50
Nov 28, 1995 5,078.10 Feb 23, 1996 5,630.49 May 20, 1996 5,748.82
Nov 29, 1995 5,105.56 Feb 26, 1996 5,565.10 May 21, 1996 5,736.26
Nov 30, 1995 5,074.49 Feb 27, 1996 5,549.21 May 22, 1996 5,778.00
Dec 1, 1995 5,087.13 Feb 28, 1996 5,506.21 May 23, 1996 5,762.12
Dec 4, 1995 5,139.52 Feb 29, 1996 5,485.62 May 24, 1996 5,762.86
Dec 5, 1995 5,177.45 Mar 1, 1996 5,536.56 May 28, 1996 5,709.67
Dec 6, 1995 5,199.13 Mar 4, 1996 5,600.15 May 29, 1996 5,673.83
Dec 7, 1995 5,159.39 Mar 5, 1996 5,642.42 May 30, 1996 5,693.41
Dec 8, 1995 5,156.86 Mar 6, 1996 5,629.77 May 31, 1996 5,643.18
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Jun 3, 1996 5,624.71 Aug 27, 1996 5,711.27 Nov 20, 1996 6,430.02
Jun 4, 1996 5,665.71 Aug 28, 1996 5,712.38 Nov 21, 1996 6,418.47
Jun 5, 1996 5,697.48 Aug 29, 1996 5,647.65 Nov 22, 1996 6,471.76
Jun 6, 1996 5,667.19 Aug 30, 1996 5,616.21 Nov 25, 1996 6,547.79
Jun 7, 1996 5,697.11 Sep 3, 1996 5,648.39 Nov 26, 1996 6,528.41
Jun 10, 1996 5,687.87 Sep 4, 1996 5,656.90 Nov 27, 1996 6,499.34
Jun 11, 1996 5,668.66 Sep 5, 1996 5,606.96 Nov 29, 1996 6,521.70
Jun 12, 1996 5,668.29 Sep 6, 1996 5,659.86 Dec 2, 1996 6,521.70
Jun 13, 1996 5,657.95 Sep 9, 1996 5,733.84 Dec 3, 1996 6,442.69
Jun 14, 1996 5,649.45 Sep 10, 1996 5,727.18 Dec 4, 1996 6,422.94
Jun 17, 1996 5,652.78 Sep 11, 1996 5,754.92 Dec 5, 1996 6,437.10
Jun 18, 1996 5,628.03 Sep 12, 1996 5,771.94 Dec 6, 1996 6,381.94
Jun 19, 1996 5,648.35 Sep 13, 1996 5,838.52 Dec 9, 1996 6,463.94
Jun 20, 1996 5,659.43 Sep 16, 1996 5,889.20 Dec 10, 1996 6,473.25
Jun 21, 1996 5,705.23 Sep 17, 1996 5,888.83 Dec 11, 1996 6,402.52
Jun 24, 1996 5,717.79 Sep 18, 1996 5,877.36 Dec 12, 1996 6,303.71
Jun 25, 1996 5,719.27 Sep 19, 1996 5,867.74 Dec 13, 1996 6,304.87
Jun 26, 1996 5,682.70 Sep 20, 1996 5,888.46 Dec 16, 1996 6,268.35
Jun 27, 1996 5,677.53 Sep 23, 1996 5,894.74 Dec 17, 1996 6,308.33
Jun 28, 1996 5,654.63 Sep 24, 1996 5,874.03 Dec 18, 1996 6,346.77
Jul 1, 1996 5,729.98 Sep 25, 1996 5,877.36 Dec 19, 1996 6,473.64
Jul 2, 1996 5,720.38 Sep 26, 1996 5,868.85 Dec 20, 1996 6,484.40
Jul 3, 1996 5,703.02 Sep 27, 1996 5,872.92 Dec 23, 1996 6,489.02
Jul 5, 1996 5,588.14 Sep 30, 1996 5,882.17 Dec 24, 1996 6,522.85
Jul 8, 1996 5,550.83 Oct 1, 1996 5,904.90 Dec 26, 1996 6,546.68
Jul 9, 1996 5,581.86 Oct 2, 1996 5,933.97 Dec 27, 1996 6,560.91
Jul 10, 1996 5,603.65 Oct 3, 1996 5,932.85 Dec 30, 1996 6,549.37
Jul 11, 1996 5,520.54 Oct 4, 1996 5,992.86 Dec 31, 1996 6,448.27
Jul 12, 1996 5,510.56 Oct 7, 1996 5,979.81 Jan 2, 1997 6,442.49
Jul 15, 1996 5,349.51 Oct 8, 1996 5,966.77 Jan 3, 1997 6,544.09
Jul 16, 1996 5,358.76 Oct 9, 1996 5,930.62 Jan 6, 1997 6,567.18
Jul 17, 1996 5,376.88 Oct 10, 1996 5,921.67 Jan 7, 1997 6,600.66
Jul 18, 1996 5,464.18 Oct 11, 1996 5,969.38 Jan 8, 1997 6,549.48
Jul 19, 1996 5,426.82 Oct 14, 1996 6,010.00 Jan 9, 1997 6,625.67
Jul 22, 1996 5,390.94 Oct 15, 1996 6,004.78 Jan 10, 1997 6,703.79
Jul 23, 1996 5,346.55 Oct 16, 1996 6,020.81 Jan 13, 1997 6,709.18
Jul 24, 1996 5,354.69 Oct 17, 1996 6,059.20 Jan 14, 1997 6,762.29
Jul 25, 1996 5,422.01 Oct 18, 1996 6,094.23 Jan 15, 1997 6,726.88
Jul 26, 1996 5,473.06 Oct 21, 1996 6,090.87 Jan 16, 1997 6,765.37
Jul 29, 1996 5,434.59 Oct 22, 1996 6,061.80 Jan 17, 1997 6,833.10
Jul 30, 1996 5,481.93 Oct 23, 1996 6,036.46 Jan 20, 1997 6,843.87
Jul 31, 1996 5,528.91 Oct 24, 1996 5,992.48 Jan 21, 1997 6,883.90
Aug 1, 1996 5,594.75 Oct 25, 1996 6,007.02 Jan 22, 1997 6,850.03
Aug 2, 1996 5,679.83 Oct 28, 1996 5,972.73 Jan 23, 1997 6,755.75
Aug 5, 1996 5,674.28 Oct 29, 1996 6,007.02 Jan 24, 1997 6,696.48
Aug 6, 1996 5,696.11 Oct 30, 1996 5,993.23 Jan 27, 1997 6,660.69
Aug 7, 1996 5,718.67 Oct 31, 1996 6,029.38 Jan 28, 1997 6,656.08
Aug 8, 1996 5,713.49 Nov 1, 1996 6,021.93 Jan 29, 1997 6,740.74
Aug 9, 1996 5,681.31 Nov 4, 1996 6,041.68 Jan 30, 1997 6,823.86
Aug 12, 1996 5,704.98 Nov 5, 1996 6,081.18 Jan 31, 1997 6,813.09
Aug 13, 1996 5,647.28 Nov 6, 1996 6,177.71 Feb 3, 1997 6,806.16
Aug 14, 1996 5,666.88 Nov 7, 1996 6,206.04 Feb 4, 1997 6,833.48
Aug 15, 1996 5,665.78 Nov 8, 1996 6,219.82 Feb 5, 1997 6,746.90
Aug 16, 1996 5,689.45 Nov 11, 1996 6,255.60 Feb 6, 1997 6,773.06
Aug 19, 1996 5,699.44 Nov 12, 1996 6,266.04 Feb 7, 1997 6,855.80
Aug 20, 1996 5,721.26 Nov 13, 1996 6,274.24 Feb 10, 1997 6,806.54
Aug 21, 1996 5,689.82 Nov 14, 1996 6,313.00 Feb 11, 1997 6,858.11
Aug 22, 1996 5,733.47 Nov 15, 1996 6,348.03 Feb 12, 1997 6,961.63
Aug 23, 1996 5,722.74 Nov 18, 1996 6,346.91 Feb 13, 1997 7,022.44
Aug 26, 1996 5,693.89 Nov 19, 1996 6,397.60 Feb 14, 1997 6,988.96
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Feb 18, 1997 7,067.46 May 14, 1997 7,286.16 Aug 8, 1997 8,031.22
Feb 19, 1997 7,020.13 May 15, 1997 7,333.55 Aug 11, 1997 8,062.11
Feb 20, 1997 6,927.38 May 16, 1997 7,194.67 Aug 12, 1997 7,960.84
Feb 21, 1997 6,931.62 May 19, 1997 7,228.88 Aug 13, 1997 7,928.32
Feb 24, 1997 7,008.20 May 20, 1997 7,303.46 Aug 14, 1997 7,942.03
Feb 25, 1997 7,038.21 May 21, 1997 7,290.69 Aug 15, 1997 7,694.66
Feb 26, 1997 6,983.18 May 22, 1997 7,258.13 Aug 18, 1997 7,803.36
Feb 27, 1997 6,925.07 May 23, 1997 7,345.91 Aug 19, 1997 7,918.10
Feb 28, 1997 6,877.74 May 27, 1997 7,383.41 Aug 20, 1997 8,021.23
Mar 3, 1997 6,918.92 May 28, 1997 7,357.23 Aug 21, 1997 7,893.95
Mar 4, 1997 6,852.72 May 29, 1997 7,330.18 Aug 22, 1997 7,887.91
Mar 5, 1997 6,945.85 May 30, 1997 7,331.04 Aug 25, 1997 7,859.57
Mar 6, 1997 6,944.70 Jun 2, 1997 7,289.40 Aug 26, 1997 7,782.22
Mar 7, 1997 7,000.89 Jun 3, 1997 7,312.15 Aug 27, 1997 7,787.33
Mar 10, 1997 7,079.39 Jun 4, 1997 7,269.66 Aug 28, 1997 7,694.43
Mar 11, 1997 7,085.16 Jun 5, 1997 7,305.29 Aug 29, 1997 7,622.42
Mar 12, 1997 7,039.37 Jun 6, 1997 7,435.78 Sep 2, 1997 7,879.76
Mar 13, 1997 6,878.89 Jun 9, 1997 7,478.50 Sep 3, 1997 7,894.64
Mar 14, 1997 6,935.46 Jun 10, 1997 7,539.27 Sep 4, 1997 7,867.24
Mar 17, 1997 6,955.48 Jun 11, 1997 7,575.83 Sep 5, 1997 7,822.40
Mar 18, 1997 6,896.56 Jun 12, 1997 7,711.47 Sep 8, 1997 7,835.16
Mar 19, 1997 6,877.68 Jun 13, 1997 7,782.04 Sep 9, 1997 7,851.88
Mar 20, 1997 6,820.28 Jun 16, 1997 7,772.09 Sep 10, 1997 7,719.28
Mar 21, 1997 6,804.79 Jun 17, 1997 7,760.78 Sep 11, 1997 7,660.96
Mar 24, 1997 6,905.25 Jun 18, 1997 7,718.71 Sep 12, 1997 7,742.96
Mar 25, 1997 6,876.17 Jun 19, 1997 7,777.06 Sep 15, 1997 7,721.12
Mar 26, 1997 6,880.70 Jun 20, 1997 7,796.51 Sep 16, 1997 7,895.92
Mar 27, 1997 6,740.59 Jun 23, 1997 7,604.26 Sep 17, 1997 7,886.44
Mar 31, 1997 6,583.48 Jun 24, 1997 7,758.06 Sep 18, 1997 7,922.72
Apr 1, 1997 6,611.05 Jun 25, 1997 7,689.98 Sep 19, 1997 7,917.24
Apr 2, 1997 6,517.01 Jun 26, 1997 7,654.25 Sep 22, 1997 7,996.80
Apr 3, 1997 6,477.35 Jun 27, 1997 7,687.72 Sep 23, 1997 7,970.04
Apr 4, 1997 6,526.07 Jun 30, 1997 7,672.79 Sep 24, 1997 7,906.68
Apr 7, 1997 6,555.91 Jul 1, 1997 7,722.33 Sep 25, 1997 7,848.00
Apr 8, 1997 6,609.16 Jul 2, 1997 7,795.38 Sep 26, 1997 7,922.16
Apr 9, 1997 6,563.84 Jul 3, 1997 7,895.81 Sep 29, 1997 7,991.40
Apr 10, 1997 6,540.05 Jul 7, 1997 7,858.49 Sep 30, 1997 7,945.24
Apr 11, 1997 6,391.69 Jul 8, 1997 7,962.31 Oct 1, 1997 8,015.48
Apr 14, 1997 6,451.90 Jul 9, 1997 7,842.43 Oct 2, 1997 8,027.52
Apr 15, 1997 6,587.16 Jul 10, 1997 7,886.76 Oct 3, 1997 8,038.56
Apr 16, 1997 6,679.87 Jul 11, 1997 7,921.82 Oct 6, 1997 8,100.20
Apr 17, 1997 6,658.60 Jul 14, 1997 7,922.98 Oct 7, 1997 8,178.28
Apr 18, 1997 6,703.55 Jul 15, 1997 7,975.71 Oct 8, 1997 8,095.04
Apr 21, 1997 6,660.21 Jul 16, 1997 8,038.88 Oct 9, 1997 8,061.40
Apr 22, 1997 6,833.59 Jul 17, 1997 8,020.77 Oct 10, 1997 8,045.20
Apr 23, 1997 6,812.72 Jul 18, 1997 7,890.46 Oct 13, 1997 8,072.20
Apr 24, 1997 6,792.25 Jul 21, 1997 7,906.72 Oct 14, 1997 8,096.28
Apr 25, 1997 6,738.87 Jul 22, 1997 8,061.65 Oct 15, 1997 8,057.96
Apr 28, 1997 6,783.02 Jul 23, 1997 8,088.36 Oct 16, 1997 7,938.88
Apr 29, 1997 6,962.03 Jul 24, 1997 8,116.93 Oct 17, 1997 7,847.00
Apr 30, 1997 7,008.99 Jul 25, 1997 8,113.44 Oct 20, 1997 7,921.44
May 1, 1997 6,976.48 Jul 28, 1997 8,121.11 Oct 21, 1997 8,060.44
May 2, 1997 7,071.20 Jul 29, 1997 8,174.53 Oct 22, 1997 8,034.64
May 5, 1997 7,214.49 Jul 30, 1997 8,254.89 Oct 23, 1997 7,847.76
May 6, 1997 7,225.32 Jul 31, 1997 8,222.61 Oct 24, 1997 7,715.40
May 7, 1997 7,085.65 Aug 1, 1997 8,194.04 Oct 27, 1997 7,161.12
May 8, 1997 7,136.62 Aug 4, 1997 8,198.45 Oct 28, 1997 7,498.32
May 9, 1997 7,169.53 Aug 5, 1997 8,187.54 Oct 29, 1997 7,506.64
May 12, 1997 7,292.75 Aug 6, 1997 8,259.31 Oct 30, 1997 7,381.64
May 13, 1997 7,274.21 Aug 7, 1997 8,188.00 Oct 31, 1997 7,443.00
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
Nov 3, 1997 7,674.36 Jan 30, 1998 7,906.48 Apr 28, 1998 8,898.96
Nov 4, 1997 7,689.12 Feb 2, 1998 8,107.76 Apr 29, 1998 8,951.52
Nov 5, 1997 7,692.56 Feb 3, 1998 8,160.32 Apr 30, 1998 9,063.36
Nov 6, 1997 7,683.20 Feb 4, 1998 8,129.68 May 1, 1998 9,147.04
Nov 7, 1997 7,581.32 Feb 5, 1998 8,117.24 May 4, 1998 9,192.64
Nov 10, 1997 7,552.56 Feb 6, 1998 8,189.48 May 5, 1998 9,147.56
Nov 11, 1997 7,558.72 Feb 9, 1998 8,180.52 May 6, 1998 9,054.64
Nov 12, 1997 7,401.32 Feb 10, 1998 8,295.60 May 7, 1998 8,976.68
Nov 13, 1997 7,487.76 Feb 11, 1998 8,314.52 May 8, 1998 9,055.12
Nov 14, 1997 7,572.48 Feb 12, 1998 8,369.60 May 11, 1998 9,091.52
Nov 17, 1997 7,698.20 Feb 13, 1998 8,370.08 May 12, 1998 9,161.76
Nov 18, 1997 7,650.80 Feb 17, 1998 8,398.48 May 13, 1998 9,211.84
Nov 19, 1997 7,724.72 Feb 18, 1998 8,451.04 May 14, 1998 9,172.20
Nov 20, 1997 7,826.60 Feb 19, 1998 8,375.56 May 15, 1998 9,096.00
Nov 21, 1997 7,881.04 Feb 20, 1998 8,413.92 May 18, 1998 9,050.88
Nov 24, 1997 7,767.92 Feb 23, 1998 8,410.20 May 19, 1998 9,054.64
Nov 25, 1997 7,808.92 Feb 24, 1998 8,370.08 May 20, 1998 9,171.48
Nov 26, 1997 7,794.76 Feb 25, 1998 8,457.76 May 21, 1998 9,132.36
Nov 28, 1997 7,823.12 Feb 26, 1998 8,490.64 May 22, 1998 9,114.44
Dec 1, 1997 8,013.08 Feb 27, 1998 8,545.72 May 26, 1998 8,963.72
Dec 2, 1997 8,018.80 Mar 2, 1998 8,550.44 May 27, 1998 8,936.56
Dec 3, 1997 8,032.00 Mar 3, 1998 8,584.80 May 28, 1998 8,970.20
Dec 4, 1997 8,050.16 Mar 4, 1998 8,539.24 May 29, 1998 8,899.92
Dec 5, 1997 8,149.12 Mar 5, 1998 8,444.32 Jun 1, 1998 8,922.36
Dec 8, 1997 8,110.84 Mar 6, 1998 8,569.36 Jun 2, 1998 8,891.24
Dec 9, 1997 8,049.64 Mar 9, 1998 8,567.12 Jun 3, 1998 8,803.80
Dec 10, 1997 7,978.76 Mar 10, 1998 8,643.12 Jun 4, 1998 8,870.56
Dec 11, 1997 7,848.96 Mar 11, 1998 8,675.72 Jun 5, 1998 9,037.68
Dec 12, 1997 7,838.28 Mar 12, 1998 8,659.56 Jun 8, 1998 9,069.60
Dec 15, 1997 7,922.56 Mar 13, 1998 8,602.52 Jun 9, 1998 9,049.92
Dec 16, 1997 7,976.28 Mar 16, 1998 8,718.84 Jun 10, 1998 8,971.68
Dec 17, 1997 7,957.40 Mar 17, 1998 8,749.96 Jun 11, 1998 8,811.76
Dec 18, 1997 7,846.48 Mar 18, 1998 8,775.40 Jun 12, 1998 8,834.92
Dec 19, 1997 7,756.28 Mar 19, 1998 8,803.04 Jun 15, 1998 8,627.92
Dec 22, 1997 7,819.28 Mar 20, 1998 8,906.40 Jun 16, 1998 8,665.28
Dec 23, 1997 7,691.76 Mar 23, 1998 8,816.24 Jun 17, 1998 8,829.44
Dec 24, 1997 7,660.12 Mar 24, 1998 8,904.44 Jun 18, 1998 8,813.00
Dec 26, 1997 7,679.28 Mar 25, 1998 8,872.80 Jun 19, 1998 8,712.84
Dec 29, 1997 7,792.40 Mar 26, 1998 8,846.88 Jun 22, 1998 8,711.12
Dec 30, 1997 7,915.92 Mar 27, 1998 8,796.08 Jun 23, 1998 8,828.44
Dec 31, 1997 7,908.24 Mar 30, 1998 8,782.12 Jun 24, 1998 8,923.84
Jan 2, 1998 7,965.04 Mar 31, 1998 8,799.80 Jun 25, 1998 8,935.56
Jan 5, 1998 7,978.96 Apr 1, 1998 8,868.32 Jun 26, 1998 8,944.52
Jan 6, 1998 7,906.24 Apr 2, 1998 8,986.64 Jun 29, 1998 8,997.36
Jan 7, 1998 7,902.24 Apr 3, 1998 8,983.40 Jun 30, 1998 8,952.00
Jan 8, 1998 7,802.60 Apr 6, 1998 9,033.20 Jul 1, 1998 9,048.64
Jan 9, 1998 7,580.40 Apr 7, 1998 8,956.48 Jul 2, 1998 9,025.24
Jan 12, 1998 7,647.16 Apr 8, 1998 8,891.48 Jul 6, 1998 9,091.76
Jan 13, 1998 7,732.12 Apr 9, 1998 8,994.84 Jul 7, 1998 9,085.04
Jan 14, 1998 7,787.68 Apr 13, 1998 9,012.28 Jul 8, 1998 9,174.96
Jan 15, 1998 7,691.76 Apr 14, 1998 9,110.20 Jul 9, 1998 9,089.76
Jan 16, 1998 7,753.52 Apr 15, 1998 9,162.24 Jul 10, 1998 9,105.72
Jan 20, 1998 7,873.12 Apr 16, 1998 9,076.56 Jul 13, 1998 9,096.20
Jan 21, 1998 7,794.40 Apr 17, 1998 9,167.48 Jul 14, 1998 9,245.52
Jan 22, 1998 7,730.88 Apr 20, 1998 9,141.84 Jul 15, 1998 9,234.44
Jan 23, 1998 7,700.72 Apr 21, 1998 9,184.92 Jul 16, 1998 9,328.16
Jan 26, 1998 7,712.92 Apr 22, 1998 9,176.72 Jul 17, 1998 9,337.96
Jan 27, 1998 7,815.08 Apr 23, 1998 9,143.32 Jul 20, 1998 9,295.72
Jan 28, 1998 7,915.44 Apr 24, 1998 9,064.60 Jul 21, 1998 9,190.16
Jan 29, 1998 7,973.00 Apr 27, 1998 8,917.64 Jul 22, 1998 9,128.88
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------
Jul 23, 1998 8,932.96 Oct 15, 1998 8,299.36 Jan 11, 1999 9,619.89
Jul 24, 1998 8,937.36 Oct 16, 1998 8,416.76 Jan 12, 1999 9,474.68
Jul 27, 1998 9,028.24 Oct 19, 1998 8,466.45 Jan 13, 1999 9,349.56
Jul 28, 1998 8,934.76 Oct 20, 1998 8,505.85 Jan 14, 1999 9,120.93
Jul 29, 1998 8,914.96 Oct 21, 1998 8,519.23 Jan 15, 1999 9,340.55
Jul 30, 1998 9,026.92 Oct 22, 1998 8,533.14 Jan 19, 1999 9,355.22
Jul 31, 1998 8,883.28 Oct 23, 1998 8,452.29 Jan 20, 1999 9,335.91
Aug 3, 1998 8,786.72 Oct 26, 1998 8,432.21 Jan 21, 1999 9,264.08
Aug 4, 1998 8,487.28 Oct 27, 1998 8,366.04 Jan 22, 1999 9,120.67
Aug 5, 1998 8,546.76 Oct 28, 1998 8,371.97 Jan 25, 1999 9,203.32
Aug 6, 1998 8,577.68 Oct 29, 1998 8,495.03 Jan 26, 1999 9,324.58
Aug 7, 1998 8,598.00 Oct 30, 1998 8,592.10 Jan 27, 1999 9,200.23
Aug 10, 1998 8,574.84 Nov 2, 1998 8,706.15 Jan 28, 1999 9,281.33
Aug 11, 1998 8,462.84 Nov 3, 1998 8,706.15 Jan 29, 1999 9,358.83
Aug 12, 1998 8,552.96 Nov 4, 1998 8,783.14 Feb 1, 1999 9,345.70
Aug 13, 1998 8,459.48 Nov 5, 1998 8,915.47 Feb 2, 1999 9,274.12
Aug 14, 1998 8,425.00 Nov 6, 1998 8,975.46 Feb 3, 1999 9,366.81
Aug 17, 1998 8,574.84 Nov 9, 1998 8,897.96 Feb 4, 1999 9,304.50
Aug 18, 1998 8,714.64 Nov 10, 1998 8,863.98 Feb 5, 1999 9,304.24
Aug 19, 1998 8,693.28 Nov 11, 1998 8,823.82 Feb 8, 1999 9,291.11
Aug 20, 1998 8,611.40 Nov 12, 1998 8,829.74 Feb 9, 1999 9,133.03
Aug 21, 1998 8,533.64 Nov 13, 1998 8,919.59 Feb 10, 1999 9,177.31
Aug 24, 1998 8,566.60 Nov 16, 1998 9,011.25 Feb 11, 1999 9,363.46
Aug 25, 1998 8,602.64 Nov 17, 1998 8,986.28 Feb 12, 1999 9,274.89
Aug 26, 1998 8,523.32 Nov 18, 1998 9,041.11 Feb 16, 1999 9,297.03
Aug 27, 1998 8,165.96 Nov 19, 1998 9,056.05 Feb 17, 1999 9,195.47
Aug 28, 1998 8,051.68 Nov 20, 1998 9,159.55 Feb 18, 1999 9,298.63
Aug 31, 1998 7,539.04 Nov 23, 1998 9,374.27 Feb 19, 1999 9,339.95
Sep 1, 1998 7,827.43 Nov 24, 1998 9,301.15 Feb 22, 1999 9,552.68
Sep 2, 1998 7,782.37 Nov 25, 1998 9,314.28 Feb 23, 1999 9,544.42
Sep 3, 1998 7,682.22 Nov 27, 1998 9,333.08 Feb 24, 1999 9,399.67
Sep 4, 1998 7,640.25 Nov 30, 1998 9,116.55 Feb 25, 1999 9,366.34
Sep 8, 1998 8,020.78 Dec 1, 1998 9,133.54 Feb 26, 1999 9,306.58
Sep 9, 1998 7,865.02 Dec 2, 1998 9,064.54 Mar 1, 1999 9,324.78
Sep 10, 1998 7,615.54 Dec 3, 1998 8,879.68 Mar 2, 1999 9,297.61
Sep 11, 1998 7,795.50 Dec 4, 1998 9,016.14 Mar 3, 1999 9,275.88
Sep 14, 1998 7,945.35 Dec 7, 1998 9,070.47 Mar 4, 1999 9,467.40
Sep 15, 1998 8,024.39 Dec 8, 1998 9,027.98 Mar 5, 1999 9,736.08
Sep 16, 1998 8,089.78 Dec 9, 1998 9,009.19 Mar 8, 1999 9,727.61
Sep 17, 1998 7,873.77 Dec 10, 1998 8,841.58 Mar 9, 1999 9,693.76
Sep 18, 1998 7,895.66 Dec 11, 1998 8,821.76 Mar 10, 1999 9,772.84
Sep 21, 1998 7,933.25 Dec 14, 1998 8,695.60 Mar 11, 1999 9,897.44
Sep 22, 1998 7,897.20 Dec 15, 1998 8,823.30 Mar 12, 1999 9,876.35
Sep 23, 1998 8,154.41 Dec 16, 1998 8,790.60 Mar 15, 1999 9,958.77
Sep 24, 1998 8,001.99 Dec 17, 1998 8,875.82 Mar 16, 1999 9,930.47
Sep 25, 1998 8,028.77 Dec 18, 1998 8,903.63 Mar 17, 1999 9,879.41
Sep 28, 1998 8,108.84 Dec 21, 1998 8,988.85 Mar 18, 1999 9,997.62
Sep 29, 1998 8,080.52 Dec 22, 1998 9,044.46 Mar 19, 1999 9,903.55
Sep 30, 1998 7,842.62 Dec 23, 1998 9,202.03 Mar 22, 1999 9,890.51
Oct 1, 1998 7,632.53 Dec 24, 1998 9,217.99 Mar 23, 1999 9,671.83
Oct 2, 1998 7,784.69 Dec 28, 1998 9,226.75 Mar 24, 1999 9,666.84
Oct 5, 1998 7,726.24 Dec 29, 1998 9,320.98 Mar 25, 1999 9,836.39
Oct 6, 1998 7,742.98 Dec 30, 1998 9,274.64 Mar 26, 1999 9,822.24
Oct 7, 1998 7,741.69 Dec 31, 1998 9,181.43 Mar 29, 1999 10,006.78
Oct 8, 1998 7,731.91 Jan 4, 1999 9,184.27 Mar 30, 1999 9,913.26
Oct 9, 1998 7,899.52 Jan 5, 1999 9,311.19 Mar 31, 1999 9,786.16
Oct 12, 1998 8,001.47 Jan 6, 1999 9,544.97 Apr 1, 1999 9,832.51
Oct 13, 1998 7,938.14 Jan 7, 1999 9,537.76 Apr 5, 1999 10,007.33
Oct 14, 1998 7,968.78 Jan 8, 1999 9,643.32 Apr 6, 1999 9,963.49
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------
Apr 7, 1999 10,085.31 Jun 30, 1999 10,970.80 Sep 23, 1999 10,318.59
Apr 8, 1999 10,197.70 Jul 1, 1999 11,066.42 Sep 24, 1999 10,279.33
Apr 9, 1999 10,173.84 Jul 2, 1999 11,139.24 Sep 27, 1999 10,303.39
Apr 12, 1999 10,339.51 Jul 6, 1999 11,135.12 Sep 28, 1999 10,275.53
Apr 13, 1999 10,395.01 Jul 7, 1999 11,187.36 Sep 29, 1999 10,213.48
Apr 14, 1999 10,411.66 Jul 8, 1999 11,126.89 Sep 30, 1999 10,336.95
Apr 15, 1999 10,462.72 Jul 9, 1999 11,193.70 Oct 1, 1999 10,273.00
Apr 16, 1999 10,493.89 Jul 12, 1999 11,200.98 Oct 4, 1999 10,401.23
Apr 19, 1999 10,440.53 Jul 13, 1999 11,175.02 Oct 5, 1999 10,400.59
Apr 20, 1999 10,448.55 Jul 14, 1999 11,148.10 Oct 6, 1999 10,588.34
Apr 21, 1999 10,581.42 Jul 15, 1999 11,186.41 Oct 7, 1999 10,537.05
Apr 22, 1999 10,727.18 Jul 16, 1999 11,209.84 Oct 8, 1999 10,649.76
Apr 23, 1999 10,689.67 Jul 19, 1999 11,187.68 Oct 11, 1999 10,648.18
Apr 26, 1999 10,718.59 Jul 20, 1999 10,996.13 Oct 12, 1999 10,417.06
Apr 27, 1999 10,831.71 Jul 21, 1999 11,002.78 Oct 13, 1999 10,232.16
Apr 28, 1999 10,845.45 Jul 22, 1999 10,969.22 Oct 14, 1999 10,286.61
Apr 29, 1999 10,878.38 Jul 23, 1999 10,910.96 Oct 15, 1999 10,019.71
Apr 30, 1999 10,789.04 Jul 26, 1999 10,863.16 Oct 18, 1999 10,116.28
May 3, 1999 11,014.69 Jul 27, 1999 10,979.04 Oct 19, 1999 10,204.93
May 4, 1999 10,886.11 Jul 28, 1999 10,972.07 Oct 20, 1999 10,392.36
May 5, 1999 10,955.41 Jul 29, 1999 10,791.29 Oct 21, 1999 10,297.69
May 6, 1999 10,946.82 Jul 30, 1999 10,655.15 Oct 22, 1999 10,470.25
May 7, 1999 11,031.59 Aug 2, 1999 10,645.96 Oct 25, 1999 10,349.93
May 10, 1999 11,007.25 Aug 3, 1999 10,677.31 Oct 26, 1999 10,302.13
May 11, 1999 11,026.15 Aug 4, 1999 10,674.77 Oct 27, 1999 10,394.89
May 12, 1999 11,000.37 Aug 5, 1999 10,793.82 Oct 28, 1999 10,622.53
May 13, 1999 11,107.19 Aug 6, 1999 10,714.03 Oct 29, 1999 10,729.86
May 14, 1999 10,913.32 Aug 9, 1999 10,707.70 Nov 1, 1999 10,648.51
May 17, 1999 10,853.47 Aug 10, 1999 10,655.15 Nov 2, 1999 10,581.84
May 18, 1999 10,836.95 Aug 11, 1999 10,787.80 Nov 3, 1999 10,609.06
May 19, 1999 10,887.39 Aug 12, 1999 10,789.39 Nov 4, 1999 10,639.64
May 20, 1999 10,866.74 Aug 13, 1999 10,973.65 Nov 5, 1999 10,704.48
May 21, 1999 10,829.28 Aug 16, 1999 11,046.79 Nov 8, 1999 10,718.85
May 24, 1999 10,654.67 Aug 17, 1999 11,117.08 Nov 9, 1999 10,617.32
May 25, 1999 10,531.09 Aug 18, 1999 10,991.38 Nov 10, 1999 10,597.74
May 26, 1999 10,702.16 Aug 19, 1999 10,963.84 Nov 11, 1999 10,595.30
May 27, 1999 10,466.93 Aug 20, 1999 11,100.61 Nov 12, 1999 10,769.32
May 28, 1999 10,559.74 Aug 23, 1999 11,299.76 Nov 15, 1999 10,760.75
Jun 1, 1999 10,596.26 Aug 24, 1999 11,283.30 Nov 16, 1999 10,932.33
Jun 2, 1999 10,577.89 Aug 25, 1999 11,326.04 Nov 17, 1999 10,883.09
Jun 3, 1999 10,663.69 Aug 26, 1999 11,198.45 Nov 18, 1999 11,035.70
Jun 4, 1999 10,799.84 Aug 27, 1999 11,090.17 Nov 19, 1999 11,003.89
Jun 7, 1999 10,909.38 Aug 30, 1999 10,914.13 Nov 22, 1999 11,089.52
Jun 8, 1999 10,765.64 Aug 31, 1999 10,829.28 Nov 23, 1999 10,995.63
Jun 9, 1999 10,690.29 Sep 1, 1999 10,937.88 Nov 24, 1999 11,008.17
Jun 10, 1999 10,621.27 Sep 2, 1999 10,843.21 Nov 26, 1999 10,988.91
Jun 11, 1999 10,490.51 Sep 3, 1999 11,078.45 Nov 29, 1999 10,947.92
Jun 14, 1999 10,563.33 Sep 7, 1999 11,034.13 Nov 30, 1999 10,877.81
Jun 15, 1999 10,594.99 Sep 8, 1999 11,036.34 Dec 1, 1999 10,998.39
Jun 16, 1999 10,784.95 Sep 9, 1999 11,079.40 Dec 2, 1999 11,039.06
Jun 17, 1999 10,841.63 Sep 10, 1999 11,028.43 Dec 3, 1999 11,286.18
Jun 18, 1999 10,855.56 Sep 13, 1999 11,030.33 Dec 6, 1999 11,225.01
Jun 21, 1999 10,815.98 Sep 14, 1999 10,910.33 Dec 7, 1999 11,106.65
Jun 22, 1999 10,721.63 Sep 15, 1999 10,801.42 Dec 8, 1999 11,068.12
Jun 23, 1999 10,666.86 Sep 16, 1999 10,737.46 Dec 9, 1999 11,134.79
Jun 24, 1999 10,534.83 Sep 17, 1999 10,803.63 Dec 10, 1999 11,224.70
Jun 25, 1999 10,552.56 Sep 20, 1999 10,823.90 Dec 13, 1999 11,192.59
Jun 28, 1999 10,655.15 Sep 21, 1999 10,598.47 Dec 14, 1999 11,160.17
Jun 29, 1999 10,815.35 Sep 22, 1999 10,524.07 Dec 15, 1999 11,225.32
Appendix B
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Dow Jones Dow Jones Dow Jones
Industrial Industrial Industrial
Date Average Date Average Date Average
-------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------
Dec 16, 1999 11,244.89
Dec 17, 1999 11,257.43
Dec 20, 1999 11,144.27
Dec 21, 1999 11,200.54
Dec 22, 1999 11,203.60
Dec 23, 1999 11,405.76
Dec 27, 1999 11,391.08
Dec 28, 1999 11,476.71
Dec 29, 1999 11,484.66
Dec 30, 1999 11,452.86
Dec 31, 1999 11,497.12
Jan 3, 2000 11,357.51
Jan 4, 2000 10,997.93
Jan 5, 2000 11,122.65
Jan 6, 2000 11,253.26
Jan 7, 2000 11,522.56
Jan 10, 2000 11,572.20
Jan 11, 2000 11,511.08
Jan 12, 2000 11,551.10
Jan 13, 2000 11,582.43
Jan 14, 2000 11,722.98
Jan 18, 2000 11,560.72
Jan 19, 2000 11,489.36
Jan 20, 2000 11,351.30
Jan 21, 2000 11,251.71
Jan 24, 2000 11,008.17
Jan 25, 2000 11,029.89
Jan 26, 2000 11,032.99
Jan 27, 2000 11,028.02
Jan 28, 2000 10,738.87
Jan 31, 2000 10,940.53
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Jan 2, 1990 359.69 Mar 29, 1990 340.79 Jun 26, 1990 352.06
Jan 3, 1990 358.76 Mar 30, 1990 339.94 Jun 27, 1990 355.14
Jan 4, 1990 355.67 Apr 2, 1990 338.70 Jun 28, 1990 357.63
Jan 5, 1990 352.20 Apr 3, 1990 343.64 Jun 29, 1990 358.02
Jan 8, 1990 353.79 Apr 4, 1990 341.09 Jul 2, 1990 359.54
Jan 9, 1990 349.62 Apr 5, 1990 340.73 Jul 3, 1990 360.16
Jan 10, 1990 347.31 Apr 6, 1990 340.08 Jul 5, 1990 355.68
Jan 11, 1990 348.53 Apr 9, 1990 341.37 Jul 6, 1990 358.42
Jan 12, 1990 339.93 Apr 10, 1990 342.07 Jul 9, 1990 359.52
Jan 15, 1990 337.00 Apr 11, 1990 341.92 Jul 10, 1990 356.49
Jan 16, 1990 340.75 Apr 12, 1990 344.34 Jul 11, 1990 361.23
Jan 17, 1990 337.40 Apr 16, 1990 344.74 Jul 12, 1990 365.44
Jan 18, 1990 338.19 Apr 17, 1990 344.68 Jul 13, 1990 367.31
Jan 19, 1990 339.15 Apr 18, 1990 340.72 Jul 16, 1990 368.95
Jan 22, 1990 330.38 Apr 19, 1990 338.09 Jul 17, 1990 367.52
Jan 23, 1990 331.61 Apr 20, 1990 335.12 Jul 18, 1990 364.22
Jan 24, 1990 330.26 Apr 23, 1990 331.05 Jul 19, 1990 365.32
Jan 25, 1990 326.08 Apr 24, 1990 330.36 Jul 20, 1990 361.61
Jan 26, 1990 325.80 Apr 25, 1990 332.03 Jul 23, 1990 355.31
Jan 29, 1990 325.20 Apr 26, 1990 332.92 Jul 24, 1990 355.79
Jan 30, 1990 322.98 Apr 27, 1990 329.11 Jul 25, 1990 357.09
Jan 31, 1990 329.08 Apr 30, 1990 330.80 Jul 26, 1990 355.91
Feb 1, 1990 328.79 May 1, 1990 332.25 Jul 27, 1990 353.44
Feb 2, 1990 330.92 May 2, 1990 334.48 Jul 30, 1990 355.55
Feb 5, 1990 331.85 May 3, 1990 335.57 Jul 31, 1990 356.15
Feb 6, 1990 329.66 May 4, 1990 338.39 Aug 1, 1990 355.52
Feb 7, 1990 333.75 May 7, 1990 340.53 Aug 2, 1990 351.48
Feb 8, 1990 332.96 May 8, 1990 342.01 Aug 3, 1990 344.86
Feb 9, 1990 333.62 May 9, 1990 347.86 Aug 6, 1990 334.43
Feb 12, 1990 330.08 May 10, 1990 343.82 Aug 7, 1990 334.83
Feb 13, 1990 331.02 May 11, 1990 352.00 Aug 8, 1990 338.35
Feb 14, 1990 332.01 May 14, 1990 354.75 Aug 9, 1990 339.94
Feb 15, 1990 334.89 May 15, 1990 354.28 Aug 10, 1990 335.52
Feb 16, 1990 332.72 May 16, 1990 354.00 Aug 13, 1990 338.84
Feb 20, 1990 327.99 May 17, 1990 354.47 Aug 14, 1990 339.39
Feb 21, 1990 327.67 May 18, 1990 354.64 Aug 15, 1990 340.06
Feb 22, 1990 325.70 May 21, 1990 358.00 Aug 16, 1990 332.39
Feb 23, 1990 324.15 May 22, 1990 358.43 Aug 17, 1990 327.83
Feb 26, 1990 328.67 May 23, 1990 359.29 Aug 20, 1990 328.51
Feb 27, 1990 330.26 May 24, 1990 358.41 Aug 21, 1990 321.86
Feb 28, 1990 331.89 May 25, 1990 354.58 Aug 22, 1990 316.55
Mar 1, 1990 332.74 May 29, 1990 360.65 Aug 23, 1990 307.06
Mar 2, 1990 335.54 May 30, 1990 360.86 Aug 24, 1990 311.51
Mar 5, 1990 333.74 May 31, 1990 361.23 Aug 27, 1990 321.44
Mar 6, 1990 337.93 Jun 1, 1990 363.16 Aug 28, 1990 321.34
Mar 7, 1990 336.95 Jun 4, 1990 367.40 Aug 29, 1990 324.19
Mar 8, 1990 340.27 Jun 5, 1990 366.64 Aug 30, 1990 318.71
Mar 9, 1990 337.93 Jun 6, 1990 364.96 Aug 31, 1990 322.56
Mar 12, 1990 338.67 Jun 7, 1990 363.15 Sep 4, 1990 323.09
Mar 13, 1990 336.00 Jun 8, 1990 358.71 Sep 5, 1990 324.39
Mar 14, 1990 336.87 Jun 11, 1990 361.63 Sep 6, 1990 320.46
Mar 15, 1990 338.07 Jun 12, 1990 366.25 Sep 7, 1990 323.40
Mar 16, 1990 341.91 Jun 13, 1990 364.90 Sep 10, 1990 321.63
Mar 19, 1990 343.53 Jun 14, 1990 362.90 Sep 11, 1990 321.04
Mar 20, 1990 341.57 Jun 15, 1990 362.91 Sep 12, 1990 322.54
Mar 21, 1990 339.74 Jun 18, 1990 356.88 Sep 13, 1990 318.65
Mar 22, 1990 335.65 Jun 19, 1990 358.97 Sep 14, 1990 316.83
Mar 23, 1990 337.22 Jun 20, 1990 359.10 Sep 17, 1990 317.77
Mar 26, 1990 337.63 Jun 21, 1990 360.47 Sep 18, 1990 318.60
Mar 27, 1990 341.50 Jun 22, 1990 355.43 Sep 19, 1990 316.60
Mar 28, 1990 342.00 Jun 25, 1990 352.31 Sep 20, 1990 311.48
Appendix B
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<PAGE>
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Sep 21, 1990 311.32 Dec 18, 1990 330.05 Mar 19, 1991 366.59
Sep 24, 1990 304.59 Dec 19, 1990 330.20 Mar 20, 1991 367.92
Sep 25, 1990 308.26 Dec 20, 1990 330.12 Mar 21, 1991 366.58
Sep 26, 1990 305.06 Dec 21, 1990 331.75 Mar 26, 1991 370.30
Sep 27, 1990 300.97 Dec 24, 1990 329.90 Mar 27, 1991 375.35
Sep 28, 1990 306.05 Dec 26, 1990 330.85 Mar 28, 1991 375.22
Oct 1, 1990 314.94 Dec 27, 1990 328.29 Apr 1, 1991 371.30
Oct 2, 1990 315.21 Dec 28, 1990 328.72 Apr 2, 1991 379.30
Oct 3, 1990 311.40 Dec 31, 1990 330.22 Apr 3, 1991 378.94
Oct 4, 1990 312.69 Jan 2, 1991 326.45 Apr 4, 1991 379.77
Oct 5, 1990 311.50 Jan 3, 1991 321.91 Apr 5, 1991 375.36
Oct 8, 1990 313.48 Jan 4, 1991 321.00 Apr 8, 1991 378.66
Oct 9, 1990 305.10 Jan 7, 1991 315.44 Apr 9, 1991 373.56
Oct 10, 1990 300.39 Jan 8, 1991 314.90 Apr 10, 1991 373.15
Oct 11, 1990 295.46 Jan 9, 1991 311.49 Apr 11, 1991 377.63
Oct 12, 1990 300.03 Jan 10, 1991 314.53 Apr 12, 1991 380.40
Oct 15, 1990 303.23 Jan 11, 1991 315.23 Apr 15, 1991 381.19
Oct 16, 1990 298.92 Jan 14, 1991 312.49 Apr 16, 1991 387.62
Oct 17, 1990 298.76 Jan 15, 1991 313.73 Apr 17, 1991 390.45
Oct 18, 1990 305.74 Jan 16, 1991 316.17 Apr 18, 1991 388.46
Oct 19, 1990 312.48 Jan 17, 1991 327.97 Apr 19, 1991 384.20
Oct 22, 1990 314.76 Jan 18, 1991 332.23 Apr 22, 1991 380.95
Oct 23, 1990 312.36 Jan 22, 1991 328.31 Apr 23, 1991 381.76
Oct 24, 1990 312.60 Jan 23, 1991 330.21 Apr 24, 1991 382.76
Oct 25, 1990 310.17 Jan 24, 1991 334.78 Apr 25, 1991 379.25
Oct 26, 1990 304.71 Jan 25, 1991 336.07 Apr 26, 1991 379.02
Oct 29, 1990 301.88 Jan 28, 1991 336.03 Apr 29, 1991 373.66
Oct 30, 1990 304.06 Jan 29, 1991 335.84 Apr 30, 1991 375.35
Oct 31, 1990 304.00 Jan 30, 1991 340.91 May 1, 1991 380.29
Nov 1, 1990 307.02 Jan 31, 1991 343.93 May 2, 1991 380.52
Nov 2, 1990 311.85 Feb 1, 1991 343.35 May 3, 1991 380.80
Nov 5, 1990 314.59 Feb 4, 1991 348.34 May 6, 1991 380.08
Nov 6, 1990 311.62 Feb 5, 1991 351.26 May 7, 1991 377.32
Nov 7, 1990 306.01 Feb 6, 1991 358.07 May 8, 1991 378.51
Nov 8, 1990 307.61 Feb 7, 1991 356.52 May 9, 1991 383.25
Nov 9, 1990 313.74 Feb 8, 1991 359.35 May 10, 1991 375.74
Nov 12, 1990 319.48 Feb 11, 1991 368.58 May 13, 1991 376.76
Nov 13, 1990 317.67 Feb 12, 1991 365.50 May 14, 1991 371.62
Nov 14, 1990 320.40 Feb 13, 1991 369.02 May 15, 1991 388.57
Nov 15, 1990 317.02 Feb 14, 1991 369.00 May 16, 1991 372.19
Nov 16, 1990 317.12 Feb 15, 1991 369.06 May 17, 1991 372.39
Nov 19, 1990 319.34 Feb 19, 1991 369.39 May 20, 1991 372.28
Nov 20, 1990 315.31 Feb 20, 1991 365.14 May 21, 1991 375.35
Nov 21, 1990 316.03 Feb 21, 1991 364.97 May 22, 1991 376.19
Nov 23, 1990 315.10 Feb 22, 1991 365.65 May 23, 1991 374.97
Nov 26, 1990 316.51 Feb 25, 1991 367.26 May 24, 1991 377.49
Nov 27, 1990 318.10 Feb 26, 1991 362.81 May 27, 1991 377.49
Nov 28, 1990 317.95 Feb 27, 1991 367.74 May 28, 1991 381.94
Nov 29, 1990 316.42 Feb 28, 1991 367.07 May 29, 1991 382.79
Nov 30, 1990 322.22 Mar 1, 1991 370.47 May 30, 1991 386.96
Dec 3, 1990 324.10 Mar 4, 1991 369.33 May 31, 1991 389.83
Dec 4, 1990 326.35 Mar 5, 1991 376.72 Jun 3, 1991 388.06
Dec 5, 1990 329.92 Mar 6, 1991 376.17 Jun 4, 1991 387.74
Dec 6, 1990 329.07 Mar 7, 1991 375.91 Jun 5, 1991 385.09
Dec 7, 1990 327.75 Mar 8, 1991 374.95 Jun 6, 1991 383.63
Dec 10, 1990 328.89 Mar 11, 1991 372.96 Jun 7, 1991 379.43
Dec 11, 1990 326.44 Mar 12, 1991 370.03 Jun 10, 1991 378.57
Dec 12, 1990 330.19 Mar 13, 1991 374.57 Jun 11, 1991 381.05
Dec 13, 1990 329.34 Mar 14, 1991 373.50 Jun 12, 1991 376.65
Dec 14, 1990 326.82 Mar 15, 1991 373.59 Jun 13, 1991 377.63
Dec 17, 1990 326.02 Mar 18, 1991 372.11 Jun 14, 1991 382.29
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Jun 17, 1991 380.13 Sep 12, 1991 387.34 Dec 9, 1991 378.26
Jun 18, 1991 378.59 Sep 13, 1991 383.59 Dec 10, 1991 377.90
Jun 19, 1991 375.09 Sep 16, 1991 385.78 Dec 11, 1991 377.70
Jun 20, 1991 375.42 Sep 17, 1991 385.50 Dec 12, 1991 381.55
Jun 21, 1991 377.75 Sep 18, 1991 386.94 Dec 13, 1991 384.47
Jun 24, 1991 370.94 Sep 19, 1991 387.56 Dec 16, 1991 384.46
Jun 25, 1991 370.65 Sep 20, 1991 387.92 Dec 17, 1991 382.74
Jun 26, 1991 371.59 Sep 23, 1991 385.92 Dec 18, 1991 383.48
Jun 27, 1991 374.40 Sep 24, 1991 387.71 Dec 19, 1991 382.52
Jun 28, 1991 371.16 Sep 25, 1991 386.88 Dec 20, 1991 387.04
Jul 1, 1991 377.92 Sep 26, 1991 386.59 Dec 23, 1991 396.82
Jul 2, 1991 377.47 Sep 27, 1991 385.90 Dec 24, 1991 399.33
Jul 3, 1991 373.33 Sep 30, 1991 387.86 Dec 26, 1991 404.84
Jul 5, 1991 374.08 Oct 1, 1991 389.20 Dec 27, 1991 406.46
Jul 8, 1991 377.94 Oct 2, 1991 388.26 Dec 30, 1991 415.14
Jul 9, 1991 376.11 Oct 3, 1991 384.47 Dec 31, 1991 417.09
Jul 10, 1991 375.74 Oct 4, 1991 381.24 Jan 2, 1992 417.26
Jul 11, 1991 376.97 Oct 7, 1991 379.50 Jan 3, 1992 419.34
Jul 12, 1991 380.25 Oct 8, 1991 380.67 Jan 6, 1992 417.96
Jul 15, 1991 382.39 Oct 9, 1991 376.80 Jan 7, 1992 417.40
Jul 16, 1991 381.54 Oct 10, 1991 380.55 Jan 8, 1992 418.10
Jul 17, 1991 381.18 Oct 11, 1991 381.45 Jan 9, 1992 417.61
Jul 18, 1991 385.37 Oct 14, 1991 386.47 Jan 10, 1992 415.10
Jul 19, 1991 384.22 Oct 15, 1991 391.01 Jan 13, 1992 414.34
Jul 22, 1991 382.88 Oct 16, 1991 392.80 Jan 14, 1992 420.44
Jul 23, 1991 379.42 Oct 17, 1991 391.92 Jan 15, 1992 420.77
Jul 24, 1991 378.64 Oct 18, 1991 392.50 Jan 16, 1992 418.21
Jul 25, 1991 380.96 Oct 21, 1991 390.02 Jan 17, 1992 418.86
Jul 26, 1991 380.93 Oct 22, 1991 387.83 Jan 20, 1992 416.36
Jul 29, 1991 383.15 Oct 23, 1991 387.94 Jan 21, 1992 412.64
Jul 30, 1991 386.69 Oct 24, 1991 385.07 Jan 22, 1992 418.13
Jul 31, 1991 387.81 Oct 25, 1991 384.20 Jan 23, 1992 414.96
Aug 1, 1991 387.12 Oct 28, 1991 389.52 Jan 24, 1992 415.48
Aug 2, 1991 387.18 Oct 29, 1991 391.48 Jan 27, 1992 414.99
Aug 5, 1991 385.06 Oct 30, 1991 392.96 Jan 28, 1992 414.96
Aug 6, 1991 390.62 Oct 31, 1991 392.46 Jan 29, 1992 410.34
Aug 7, 1991 390.56 Nov 1, 1991 391.32 Jan 30, 1992 411.63
Aug 8, 1991 389.32 Nov 4, 1991 390.28 Jan 31, 1992 408.79
Aug 9, 1991 387.12 Nov 5, 1991 388.71 Feb 3, 1992 409.53
Aug 12, 1991 388.02 Nov 6, 1991 389.97 Feb 4, 1992 413.85
Aug 13, 1991 389.62 Nov 7, 1991 393.72 Feb 5, 1992 413.84
Aug 14, 1991 389.90 Nov 8, 1991 392.89 Feb 6, 1992 413.82
Aug 15, 1991 389.33 Nov 11, 1991 393.12 Feb 7, 1992 411.09
Aug 16, 1991 385.58 Nov 12, 1991 396.74 Feb 10, 1992 413.77
Aug 19, 1991 376.47 Nov 13, 1991 397.41 Feb 11, 1992 413.76
Aug 20, 1991 379.43 Nov 14, 1991 397.15 Feb 12, 1992 417.13
Aug 21, 1991 390.59 Nov 15, 1991 382.62 Feb 13, 1992 413.69
Aug 22, 1991 391.33 Nov 18, 1991 385.24 Feb 14, 1992 412.48
Aug 23, 1991 395.17 Nov 19, 1991 379.42 Feb 18, 1992 407.38
Aug 26, 1991 393.85 Nov 20, 1991 378.53 Feb 19, 1992 408.26
Aug 27, 1991 393.06 Nov 21, 1991 380.06 Feb 20, 1992 413.90
Aug 28, 1991 396.64 Nov 22, 1991 376.14 Feb 21, 1992 411.46
Aug 29, 1991 396.47 Nov 25, 1991 375.34 Feb 24, 1992 412.27
Aug 30, 1991 395.43 Nov 26, 1991 377.96 Feb 25, 1992 410.45
Sep 3, 1991 392.15 Nov 27, 1991 376.55 Feb 26, 1992 415.35
Sep 4, 1991 389.97 Nov 29, 1991 375.22 Feb 27, 1992 413.86
Sep 5, 1991 389.14 Dec 2, 1991 381.40 Feb 28, 1992 412.70
Sep 6, 1991 389.10 Dec 3, 1991 380.96 Mar 2, 1992 412.45
Sep 9, 1991 388.77 Dec 4, 1991 380.07 Mar 3, 1992 412.85
Sep 10, 1991 384.56 Dec 5, 1991 377.39 Mar 4, 1992 409.33
Sep 11, 1991 385.09 Dec 6, 1991 379.10 Mar 5, 1992 406.51
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Mar 6, 1992 404.44 Jun 3, 1992 414.59 Aug 28, 1992 414.84
Mar 9, 1992 405.21 Jun 4, 1992 413.26 Aug 31, 1992 414.03
Mar 10, 1992 406.89 Jun 5, 1992 413.48 Sep 1, 1992 416.07
Mar 11, 1992 404.03 Jun 8, 1992 413.36 Sep 2, 1992 417.98
Mar 12, 1992 403.89 Jun 9, 1992 410.06 Sep 3, 1992 419.98
Mar 13, 1992 405.84 Jun 10, 1992 407.25 Sep 4, 1992 417.08
Mar 16, 1992 406.39 Jun 11, 1992 409.05 Sep 8, 1992 414.44
Mar 17, 1992 409.58 Jun 12, 1992 409.76 Sep 9, 1992 416.36
Mar 18, 1992 409.15 Jun 15, 1992 410.29 Sep 10, 1992 419.95
Mar 19, 1992 409.80 Jun 16, 1992 408.32 Sep 11, 1992 419.58
Mar 20, 1992 411.30 Jun 17, 1992 402.26 Sep 14, 1992 425.27
Mar 23, 1992 409.91 Jun 18, 1992 400.96 Sep 15, 1992 419.77
Mar 24, 1992 408.88 Jun 19, 1992 403.67 Sep 16, 1992 419.92
Mar 25, 1992 407.52 Jun 22, 1992 403.40 Sep 17, 1992 419.93
Mar 26, 1992 407.86 Jun 23, 1992 404.04 Sep 18, 1992 422.93
Mar 27, 1992 403.50 Jun 24, 1992 403.83 Sep 21, 1992 422.14
Mar 30, 1992 403.00 Jun 25, 1992 403.12 Sep 22, 1992 417.14
Mar 31, 1992 403.69 Jun 26, 1992 403.45 Sep 23, 1992 417.44
Apr 1, 1992 404.23 Jun 29, 1992 408.94 Sep 24, 1992 418.47
Apr 2, 1992 400.50 Jun 30, 1992 408.14 Sep 25, 1992 414.35
Apr 3, 1992 401.55 Jul 1, 1992 412.88 Sep 28, 1992 416.62
Apr 6, 1992 405.59 Jul 2, 1992 411.77 Sep 29, 1992 416.80
Apr 7, 1992 398.06 Jul 6, 1992 413.84 Sep 30, 1992 417.80
Apr 8, 1992 394.50 Jul 7, 1992 409.16 Oct 1, 1992 416.29
Apr 9, 1992 400.64 Jul 8, 1992 410.28 Oct 2, 1992 410.47
Apr 10, 1992 404.29 Jul 9, 1992 414.23 Oct 5, 1992 407.57
Apr 13, 1992 406.08 Jul 10, 1992 414.62 Oct 6, 1992 407.18
Apr 14, 1992 412.39 Jul 13, 1992 414.87 Oct 7, 1992 404.25
Apr 15, 1992 416.28 Jul 14, 1992 417.68 Oct 8, 1992 407.75
Apr 16, 1992 416.05 Jul 15, 1992 417.10 Oct 9, 1992 402.66
Apr 20, 1992 410.16 Jul 16, 1992 417.54 Oct 12, 1992 407.44
Apr 21, 1992 410.26 Jul 17, 1992 415.62 Oct 13, 1992 409.30
Apr 22, 1992 409.81 Jul 20, 1992 413.75 Oct 14, 1992 409.37
Apr 23, 1992 411.60 Jul 21, 1992 413.76 Oct 15, 1992 409.60
Apr 24, 1992 409.02 Jul 22, 1992 410.93 Oct 16, 1992 411.73
Apr 27, 1992 408.45 Jul 23, 1992 412.08 Oct 19, 1992 414.98
Apr 28, 1992 409.11 Jul 24, 1992 411.60 Oct 20, 1992 415.48
Apr 29, 1992 412.02 Jul 27, 1992 411.54 Oct 21, 1992 415.67
Apr 30, 1992 414.95 Jul 28, 1992 417.52 Oct 22, 1992 414.90
May 1, 1992 412.53 Jul 29, 1992 422.23 Oct 23, 1992 414.10
May 4, 1992 416.91 Jul 30, 1992 423.92 Oct 26, 1992 418.16
May 5, 1992 416.84 Jul 31, 1992 424.21 Oct 27, 1992 418.49
May 6, 1992 416.79 Aug 3, 1992 425.09 Oct 28, 1992 420.13
May 7, 1992 415.85 Aug 4, 1992 424.36 Oct 29, 1992 420.86
May 8, 1992 416.05 Aug 5, 1992 422.19 Oct 30, 1992 418.68
May 11, 1992 418.49 Aug 6, 1992 420.59 Nov 2, 1992 422.75
May 12, 1992 416.29 Aug 7, 1992 418.88 Nov 3, 1992 419.92
May 13, 1992 416.45 Aug 10, 1992 419.42 Nov 4, 1992 417.11
May 14, 1992 413.14 Aug 11, 1992 418.90 Nov 5, 1992 418.34
May 15, 1992 410.09 Aug 12, 1992 417.78 Nov 6, 1992 417.58
May 18, 1992 412.81 Aug 13, 1992 417.73 Nov 9, 1992 418.59
May 19, 1992 416.37 Aug 14, 1992 419.91 Nov 10, 1992 418.62
May 20, 1992 415.39 Aug 17, 1992 420.74 Nov 11, 1992 422.20
May 21, 1992 412.60 Aug 18, 1992 421.34 Nov 12, 1992 422.87
May 22, 1992 414.02 Aug 19, 1992 418.19 Nov 13, 1992 422.43
May 26, 1992 411.41 Aug 20, 1992 418.26 Nov 16, 1992 420.68
May 27, 1992 412.17 Aug 21, 1992 414.85 Nov 17, 1992 419.27
May 28, 1992 416.74 Aug 24, 1992 410.72 Nov 18, 1992 422.85
May 29, 1992 415.35 Aug 25, 1992 411.61 Nov 19, 1992 423.61
Jun 1, 1992 417.30 Aug 26, 1992 413.51 Nov 20, 1992 426.65
Jun 2, 1992 413.50 Aug 27, 1992 413.53 Nov 23, 1992 425.12
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Nov 24, 1992 427.59 Feb 23, 1993 434.80 May 20, 1993 450.59
Nov 25, 1992 429.19 Feb 24, 1993 440.87 May 21, 1993 445.84
Nov 27, 1992 430.16 Feb 25, 1993 442.33 May 24, 1993 448.00
Nov 30, 1992 431.35 Feb 26, 1993 443.38 May 25, 1993 448.85
Dec 1, 1992 430.78 Mar 1, 1993 442.01 May 26, 1993 453.44
Dec 2, 1992 429.89 Mar 2, 1993 447.90 May 27, 1993 452.42
Dec 3, 1992 429.91 Mar 3, 1993 449.26 May 28, 1993 450.21
Dec 4, 1992 432.06 Mar 4, 1993 447.34 Jun 1, 1993 453.83
Dec 7, 1992 435.31 Mar 5, 1993 446.11 Jun 2, 1993 453.85
Dec 8, 1992 436.99 Mar 8, 1993 454.71 Jun 3, 1993 452.49
Dec 9, 1992 435.65 Mar 9, 1993 454.40 Jun 4, 1993 450.06
Dec 10, 1992 434.64 Mar 10, 1993 456.34 Jun 7, 1993 447.69
Dec 11, 1992 433.73 Mar 11, 1993 453.72 Jun 8, 1993 444.71
Dec 14, 1992 432.84 Mar 12, 1993 449.83 Jun 9, 1993 445.78
Dec 15, 1992 432.57 Mar 15, 1993 451.43 Jun 10, 1993 445.38
Dec 16, 1992 431.52 Mar 16, 1993 451.37 Jun 11, 1993 447.30
Dec 17, 1992 435.43 Mar 17, 1993 448.31 Jun 14, 1993 447.71
Dec 18, 1992 441.28 Mar 18, 1993 451.89 Jun 15, 1993 446.27
Dec 21, 1992 440.70 Mar 19, 1993 450.18 Jun 16, 1993 447.43
Dec 22, 1992 440.31 Mar 22, 1993 448.88 Jun 17, 1993 448.54
Dec 23, 1992 439.03 Mar 23, 1993 448.76 Jun 18, 1993 443.68
Dec 24, 1992 439.77 Mar 24, 1993 448.07 Jun 21, 1993 446.22
Dec 28, 1992 439.15 Mar 25, 1993 450.88 Jun 22, 1993 445.93
Dec 29, 1992 437.98 Mar 26, 1993 447.78 Jun 23, 1993 443.19
Dec 30, 1992 438.82 Mar 29, 1993 450.77 Jun 24, 1993 446.62
Dec 31, 1992 435.71 Mar 30, 1993 451.97 Jun 25, 1993 447.60
Jan 4, 1993 435.38 Mar 31, 1993 451.67 Jun 28, 1993 451.85
Jan 5, 1993 434.34 Apr 1, 1993 450.30 Jun 29, 1993 450.69
Jan 6, 1993 434.52 Apr 2, 1993 441.39 Jun 30, 1993 450.53
Jan 7, 1993 430.73 Apr 5, 1993 442.29 Jul 1, 1993 449.02
Jan 8, 1993 429.04 Apr 6, 1993 441.16 Jul 2, 1993 445.84
Jan 11, 1993 430.95 Apr 7, 1993 442.73 Jul 6, 1993 441.43
Jan 12, 1993 431.04 Apr 8, 1993 441.84 Jul 7, 1993 442.83
Jan 13, 1993 433.03 Apr 12, 1993 448.37 Jul 8, 1993 448.64
Jan 14, 1993 435.94 Apr 13, 1993 449.22 Jul 9, 1993 448.11
Jan 15, 1993 437.15 Apr 14, 1993 448.66 Jul 12, 1993 448.98
Jan 18, 1993 436.84 Apr 15, 1993 448.40 Jul 13, 1993 448.09
Jan 19, 1993 435.13 Apr 16, 1993 448.94 Jul 14, 1993 450.08
Jan 20, 1993 433.37 Apr 19, 1993 447.46 Jul 15, 1993 449.22
Jan 21, 1993 435.49 Apr 20, 1993 445.10 Jul 16, 1993 445.75
Jan 22, 1993 436.11 Apr 21, 1993 443.63 Jul 19, 1993 446.03
Jan 25, 1993 440.01 Apr 22, 1993 439.46 Jul 20, 1993 447.31
Jan 26, 1993 439.95 Apr 23, 1993 437.03 Jul 21, 1993 447.18
Jan 27, 1993 438.11 Apr 26, 1993 433.54 Jul 22, 1993 444.51
Jan 28, 1993 438.66 Apr 27, 1993 438.01 Jul 23, 1993 447.10
Jan 29, 1993 438.78 Apr 28, 1993 438.02 Jul 26, 1993 449.09
Feb 1, 1993 442.52 Apr 29, 1993 438.89 Jul 27, 1993 448.24
Feb 2, 1993 442.55 Apr 30, 1993 440.19 Jul 28, 1993 447.19
Feb 3, 1993 447.20 May 3, 1993 442.46 Jul 29, 1993 450.24
Feb 4, 1993 449.56 May 4, 1993 444.05 Jul 30, 1993 448.13
Feb 5, 1993 448.93 May 5, 1993 444.52 Aug 2, 1993 450.15
Feb 8, 1993 447.85 May 6, 1993 443.26 Aug 3, 1993 449.27
Feb 9, 1993 445.33 May 7, 1993 442.31 Aug 4, 1993 448.54
Feb 10, 1993 446.23 May 10, 1993 442.80 Aug 5, 1993 448.13
Feb 11, 1993 447.66 May 11, 1993 444.36 Aug 6, 1993 448.68
Feb 12, 1993 444.58 May 12, 1993 444.80 Aug 9, 1993 450.74
Feb 16, 1993 433.91 May 13, 1993 439.23 Aug 10, 1993 449.45
Feb 17, 1993 433.30 May 14, 1993 439.56 Aug 11, 1993 450.46
Feb 18, 1993 431.90 May 17, 1993 440.37 Aug 12, 1993 448.96
Feb 19, 1993 434.22 May 18, 1993 440.32 Aug 13, 1993 450.14
Feb 22, 1993 435.24 May 19, 1993 447.54 Aug 16, 1993 452.38
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Aug 17, 1993 453.13 Nov 11, 1993 462.64 Feb 8, 1994 471.06
Aug 18, 1993 456.04 Nov 12, 1993 465.39 Feb 9, 1994 472.77
Aug 19, 1993 456.43 Nov 15, 1993 463.75 Feb 10, 1994 468.93
Aug 20, 1993 456.16 Nov 16, 1993 466.74 Feb 11, 1994 470.18
Aug 23, 1993 455.23 Nov 17, 1993 464.81 Feb 14, 1994 470.23
Aug 24, 1993 459.77 Nov 18, 1993 463.62 Feb 15, 1994 472.52
Aug 25, 1993 460.13 Nov 19, 1993 462.60 Feb 16, 1994 472.79
Aug 26, 1993 461.04 Nov 22, 1993 459.13 Feb 17, 1994 470.34
Aug 27, 1993 460.54 Nov 23, 1993 461.03 Feb 18, 1994 467.69
Aug 30, 1993 461.90 Nov 24, 1993 462.36 Feb 22, 1994 471.46
Aug 31, 1993 463.56 Nov 26, 1993 463.06 Feb 23, 1994 470.69
Sep 1, 1993 463.15 Nov 29, 1993 461.90 Feb 24, 1994 464.26
Sep 2, 1993 461.30 Nov 30, 1993 461.79 Feb 25, 1994 466.07
Sep 3, 1993 461.34 Dec 1, 1993 461.89 Feb 28, 1994 467.14
Sep 7, 1993 458.52 Dec 2, 1993 463.11 Mar 1, 1994 464.44
Sep 8, 1993 456.65 Dec 3, 1993 464.89 Mar 2, 1994 464.81
Sep 9, 1993 457.50 Dec 6, 1993 466.43 Mar 3, 1994 463.01
Sep 10, 1993 461.72 Dec 7, 1993 466.76 Mar 4, 1994 464.74
Sep 13, 1993 462.06 Dec 8, 1993 466.29 Mar 7, 1994 466.91
Sep 14, 1993 459.90 Dec 9, 1993 464.18 Mar 8, 1994 465.88
Sep 15, 1993 461.60 Dec 10, 1993 463.93 Mar 9, 1994 467.06
Sep 16, 1993 459.43 Dec 13, 1993 465.70 Mar 10, 1994 463.90
Sep 17, 1993 458.83 Dec 14, 1993 463.06 Mar 11, 1994 466.44
Sep 20, 1993 455.05 Dec 15, 1993 461.84 Mar 14, 1994 467.39
Sep 21, 1993 452.95 Dec 16, 1993 463.34 Mar 15, 1994 467.01
Sep 22, 1993 456.20 Dec 17, 1993 466.38 Mar 16, 1994 469.42
Sep 23, 1993 457.74 Dec 20, 1993 465.85 Mar 17, 1994 470.90
Sep 24, 1993 457.63 Dec 21, 1993 465.30 Mar 18, 1994 471.06
Sep 27, 1993 461.80 Dec 22, 1993 467.32 Mar 21, 1994 468.54
Sep 28, 1993 461.53 Dec 23, 1993 467.38 Mar 22, 1994 468.80
Sep 29, 1993 460.11 Dec 27, 1993 470.54 Mar 23, 1994 468.54
Sep 30, 1993 458.93 Dec 28, 1993 470.94 Mar 24, 1994 464.35
Oct 1, 1993 461.28 Dec 29, 1993 470.58 Mar 25, 1994 460.58
Oct 4, 1993 461.34 Dec 30, 1993 468.64 Mar 28, 1994 460.00
Oct 5, 1993 461.20 Dec 31, 1993 466.45 Mar 29, 1994 452.48
Oct 6, 1993 460.74 Jan 3, 1994 465.44 Mar 30, 1994 445.55
Oct 7, 1993 459.18 Jan 4, 1994 466.89 Mar 31, 1994 445.77
Oct 8, 1993 460.31 Jan 5, 1994 467.55 Apr 1, 1994 445.77
Oct 11, 1993 460.88 Jan 6, 1994 467.12 Apr 4, 1994 438.92
Oct 12, 1993 461.12 Jan 7, 1994 469.9 Apr 5, 1994 448.29
Oct 13, 1993 461.49 Jan 10, 1994 475.27 Apr 6, 1994 448.05
Oct 14, 1993 466.83 Jan 11, 1994 474.13 Apr 7, 1994 450.88
Oct 15, 1993 469.50 Jan 12, 1994 474.17 Apr 8, 1994 447.10
Oct 18, 1993 468.45 Jan 13, 1994 472.47 Apr 11, 1994 449.87
Oct 19, 1993 466.21 Jan 14, 1994 474.91 Apr 12, 1994 447.57
Oct 20, 1993 466.07 Jan 17, 1994 473.3 Apr 13, 1994 446.26
Oct 21, 1993 465.36 Jan 18, 1994 474.25 Apr 14, 1994 446.38
Oct 22, 1993 463.27 Jan 19, 1994 474.3 Apr 15, 1994 446.18
Oct 25, 1993 464.20 Jan 20, 1994 474.98 Apr 18, 1994 442.46
Oct 26, 1993 464.30 Jan 21, 1994 474.73 Apr 19, 1994 442.54
Oct 27, 1993 464.61 Jan 24, 1994 471.97 Apr 20, 1994 441.96
Oct 28, 1993 467.73 Jan 25, 1994 470.92 Apr 21, 1994 448.73
Oct 29, 1993 467.83 Jan 26, 1994 473.2 Apr 22, 1994 447.63
Nov 1, 1993 469.10 Jan 27, 1994 477.05 Apr 25, 1994 452.71
Nov 2, 1993 468.44 Jan 28, 1994 478.7 Apr 26, 1994 451.87
Nov 3, 1993 463.02 Jan 31, 1994 481.61 Apr 28, 1994 449.10
Nov 4, 1993 457.49 Feb 1, 1994 479.62 Apr 29, 1994 450.91
Nov 5, 1993 459.57 Feb 2, 1994 482.00 May 2, 1994 453.02
Nov 8, 1993 460.21 Feb 3, 1994 480.71 May 3, 1994 453.03
Nov 9, 1993 460.33 Feb 4, 1994 469.81 May 4, 1994 451.72
Nov 10, 1993 463.72 Feb 7, 1994 471.76 May 5, 1994 451.38
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
May 6, 1994 447.82 Aug 2, 1994 460.56 Oct 27, 1994 465.85
May 9, 1994 442.32 Aug 3, 1994 461.46 Oct 28, 1994 473.77
May 10, 1994 446.01 Aug 4, 1994 458.40 Oct 31, 1994 472.35
May 11, 1994 441.49 Aug 5, 1994 457.09 Nov 1, 1994 468.42
May 12, 1994 443.75 Aug 8, 1994 457.89 Nov 2, 1994 466.51
May 13, 1994 444.14 Aug 9, 1994 457.92 Nov 3, 1994 467.91
May 16, 1994 444.49 Aug 10, 1994 460.30 Nov 4, 1994 462.28
May 17, 1994 449.37 Aug 11, 1994 458.88 Nov 7, 1994 463.06
May 18, 1994 453.69 Aug 12, 1994 461.95 Nov 8, 1994 465.65
May 19, 1994 456.48 Aug 15, 1994 461.23 Nov 9, 1994 465.42
May 20, 1994 454.92 Aug 16, 1994 465.01 Nov 10, 1994 464.35
May 23, 1994 453.20 Aug 17, 1994 465.17 Nov 11, 1994 462.35
May 24, 1994 454.81 Aug 18, 1994 463.17 Nov 14, 1994 466.04
May 25, 1994 456.34 Aug 19, 1994 463.68 Nov 15, 1994 465.03
May 26, 1994 457.06 Aug 22, 1994 462.31 Nov 16, 1994 465.62
May 27, 1994 457.33 Aug 23, 1994 464.51 Nov 17, 1994 463.57
May 31, 1994 456.50 Aug 24, 1994 469.03 Nov 18, 1994 461.47
Jun 1, 1994 457.63 Aug 25, 1994 468.08 Nov 21, 1994 458.29
Jun 2, 1994 457.65 Aug 26, 1994 473.80 Nov 22, 1994 450.08
Jun 3, 1994 460.13 Aug 29, 1994 474.59 Nov 23, 1994 449.93
Jun 6, 1994 458.88 Aug 30, 1994 476.09 Nov 25, 1994 452.29
Jun 7, 1994 458.21 Aug 31, 1994 475.50 Nov 28, 1994 454.16
Jun 8, 1994 457.06 Sep 1, 1994 473.17 Nov 29, 1994 455.17
Jun 9, 1994 457.86 Sep 2, 1994 470.99 Nov 30, 1994 453.69
Jun 10, 1994 458.67 Sep 6, 1994 471.86 Dec 1, 1994 448.92
Jun 13, 1994 459.10 Sep 7, 1994 470.99 Dec 2, 1994 453.30
Jun 14, 1994 462.37 Sep 8, 1994 473.14 Dec 5, 1994 453.33
Jun 15, 1994 460.61 Sep 9, 1994 468.18 Dec 6, 1994 453.11
Jun 16, 1994 461.93 Sep 12, 1994 466.21 Dec 7, 1994 451.23
Jun 17, 1994 458.45 Sep 13, 1994 467.52 Dec 8, 1994 445.45
Jun 20, 1994 455.48 Sep 14, 1994 468.80 Dec 9, 1994 446.97
Jun 21, 1994 451.34 Sep 15, 1994 474.81 Dec 12, 1994 449.47
Jun 22, 1994 453.09 Sep 16, 1994 471.19 Dec 13, 1994 450.15
Jun 23, 1994 449.63 Sep 19, 1994 470.85 Dec 14, 1994 454.97
Jun 24, 1994 442.80 Sep 20, 1994 463.36 Dec 15, 1994 455.35
Jun 27, 1994 447.31 Sep 21, 1994 461.46 Dec 16, 1994 458.80
Jun 28, 1994 446.07 Sep 22, 1994 461.27 Dec 19, 1994 457.91
Jun 29, 1994 447.63 Sep 23, 1994 459.67 Dec 20, 1994 457.10
Jun 30, 1994 444.27 Sep 26, 1994 460.82 Dec 21, 1994 459.61
Jul 1, 1994 446.20 Sep 27, 1994 462.05 Dec 22, 1994 459.68
Jul 4, 1994 446.20 Sep 28, 1994 464.81 Dec 23, 1994 459.83
Jul 5, 1994 446.37 Sep 29, 1994 462.23 Dec 27, 1994 462.47
Jul 6, 1994 446.13 Sep 30, 1994 462.71 Dec 28, 1994 460.86
Jul 7, 1994 448.38 Oct 3, 1994 461.74 Dec 29, 1994 461.17
Jul 8, 1994 449.55 Oct 4, 1994 454.59 Dec 30, 1994 459.27
Jul 11, 1994 448.06 Oct 5, 1994 453.52 Jan 3, 1995 459.11
Jul 12, 1994 447.95 Oct 6, 1994 452.36 Jan 4, 1995 460.71
Jul 13, 1994 448.73 Oct 7, 1994 455.10 Jan 5, 1995 460.34
Jul 14, 1994 453.41 Oct 10, 1994 459.04 Jan 6, 1995 460.68
Jul 15, 1994 454.16 Oct 11, 1994 465.79 Jan 9, 1995 460.83
Jul 18, 1994 455.22 Oct 12, 1994 465.47 Jan 10, 1995 461.68
Jul 19, 1994 453.86 Oct 13, 1994 467.79 Jan 11, 1995 461.67
Jul 20, 1994 451.60 Oct 14, 1994 469.10 Jan 12, 1995 461.64
Jul 21, 1994 452.61 Oct 17, 1994 468.96 Jan 13, 1995 465.97
Jul 22, 1994 453.11 Oct 18, 1994 467.66 Jan 16, 1995 469.38
Jul 25, 1994 454.25 Oct 19, 1994 470.28 Jan 17, 1995 470.05
Jul 26, 1994 453.36 Oct 20, 1994 466.85 Jan 18, 1995 469.71
Jul 27, 1994 452.57 Oct 21, 1994 464.89 Jan 19, 1995 466.95
Jul 28, 1994 454.24 Oct 24, 1994 460.83 Jan 20, 1995 464.78
Jul 29, 1994 458.25 Oct 25, 1994 461.52 Jan 23, 1995 465.82
Aug 1, 1994 461.01 Oct 26, 1994 462.61 Jan 24, 1995 465.86
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Jan 25, 1995 467.44 Apr 24, 1995 512.89 Jul 20, 1995 553.54
Jan 26, 1995 468.32 Apr 25, 1995 512.10 Jul 21, 1995 553.62
Jan 27, 1995 470.39 Apr 26, 1995 512.66 Jul 24, 1995 556.63
Jan 30, 1995 468.51 Apr 27, 1995 513.55 Jul 25, 1995 561.10
Jan 31, 1995 470.42 Apr 28, 1995 514.71 Jul 26, 1995 561.61
Feb 1, 1995 470.40 May 1, 1995 514.26 Jul 27, 1995 565.22
Feb 2, 1995 472.79 May 2, 1995 514.86 Jul 28, 1995 562.93
Feb 3, 1995 478.65 May 3, 1995 520.48 Jul 31, 1995 562.06
Feb 6, 1995 481.14 May 4, 1995 520.54 Aug 1, 1995 559.64
Feb 7, 1995 480.81 May 5, 1995 520.12 Aug 2, 1995 558.80
Feb 8, 1995 481.19 May 8, 1995 523.96 Aug 3, 1995 558.75
Feb 9, 1995 480.19 May 9, 1995 523.56 Aug 4, 1995 558.94
Feb 10, 1995 481.46 May 10, 1995 524.36 Aug 7, 1995 560.03
Feb 13, 1995 481.65 May 11, 1995 524.37 Aug 8, 1995 560.39
Feb 14, 1995 482.55 May 12, 1995 525.55 Aug 9, 1995 559.71
Feb 15, 1995 484.54 May 15, 1995 527.74 Aug 10, 1995 557.45
Feb 16, 1995 485.22 May 16, 1995 528.19 Aug 11, 1995 555.11
Feb 17, 1995 481.97 May 17, 1995 527.07 Aug 14, 1995 559.74
Feb 21, 1995 482.72 May 18, 1995 519.58 Aug 15, 1995 558.57
Feb 22, 1995 485.07 May 19, 1995 519.19 Aug 16, 1995 559.97
Feb 23, 1995 486.91 May 22, 1995 523.65 Aug 17, 1995 559.04
Feb 24, 1995 488.26 May 23, 1995 528.59 Aug 18, 1995 559.21
Feb 27, 1995 483.96 May 24, 1995 528.61 Aug 21, 1995 558.11
Feb 28, 1995 487.39 May 25, 1995 528.59 Aug 22, 1995 559.52
Mar 1, 1995 485.65 May 26, 1995 523.65 Aug 23, 1995 557.14
Mar 2, 1995 485.13 May 30, 1995 523.58 Aug 24, 1995 557.46
Mar 3, 1995 485.42 May 31, 1995 533.40 Aug 25, 1995 560.10
Mar 6, 1995 485.63 Jun 1, 1995 533.49 Aug 28, 1995 559.05
Mar 7, 1995 482.12 Jun 2, 1995 532.51 Aug 29, 1995 560.00
Mar 8, 1995 483.14 Jun 5, 1995 535.60 Aug 30, 1995 560.92
Mar 9, 1995 483.16 Jun 6, 1995 535.55 Aug 31, 1995 561.88
Mar 10, 1995 489.57 Jun 7, 1995 533.13 Sep 1, 1995 563.84
Mar 13, 1995 490.05 Jun 8, 1995 532.35 Sep 5, 1995 569.17
Mar 14, 1995 492.89 Jun 9, 1995 527.94 Sep 6, 1995 570.17
Mar 15, 1995 491.88 Jun 12, 1995 530.88 Sep 7, 1995 570.29
Mar 16, 1995 495.41 Jun 13, 1995 536.05 Sep 8, 1995 572.68
Mar 17, 1995 495.52 Jun 14, 1995 536.47 Sep 11, 1995 573.91
Mar 20, 1995 496.14 Jun 15, 1995 537.12 Sep 12, 1995 576.51
Mar 21, 1995 495.07 Jun 16, 1995 539.83 Sep 13, 1995 578.77
Mar 22, 1995 495.67 Jun 19, 1995 545.22 Sep 14, 1995 583.61
Mar 23, 1995 495.95 Jun 20, 1995 544.98 Sep 15, 1995 583.35
Mar 24, 1995 500.97 Jun 21, 1995 543.98 Sep 18, 1995 582.77
Mar 27, 1995 503.20 Jun 22, 1995 551.07 Sep 19, 1995 584.20
Mar 28, 1995 503.90 Jun 23, 1995 549.71 Sep 20, 1995 586.77
Mar 29, 1995 503.12 Jun 26, 1995 544.13 Sep 21, 1995 583.00
Mar 30, 1995 502.22 Jun 27, 1995 542.43 Sep 22, 1995 581.73
Mar 31, 1995 500.71 Jun 28, 1995 544.73 Sep 25, 1995 581.81
Apr 3, 1995 501.85 Jun 29, 1995 543.87 Sep 26, 1995 581.41
Apr 4, 1995 505.24 Jun 30, 1995 544.75 Sep 27, 1995 581.04
Apr 5, 1995 505.57 Jul 3, 1995 547.09 Sep 28, 1995 585.87
Apr 6, 1995 506.08 Jul 5, 1995 547.26 Sep 29, 1995 584.41
Apr 7, 1995 506.42 Jul 6, 1995 553.99 Oct 2, 1995 581.72
Apr 10, 1995 507.01 Jul 7, 1995 556.37 Oct 3, 1995 582.34
Apr 11, 1995 505.53 Jul 10, 1995 557.19 Oct 4, 1995 581.47
Apr 12, 1995 507.17 Jul 11, 1995 554.78 Oct 5, 1995 582.63
Apr 13, 1995 509.23 Jul 12, 1995 560.89 Oct 6, 1995 582.49
Apr 17, 1995 506.13 Jul 13, 1995 561.00 Oct 9, 1995 578.37
Apr 18, 1995 505.37 Jul 14, 1995 559.89 Oct 10, 1995 577.52
Apr 19, 1995 504.92 Jul 17, 1995 562.72 Oct 11, 1995 579.46
Apr 20, 1995 505.29 Jul 18, 1995 558.46 Oct 12, 1995 583.10
Apr 21, 1995 508.49 Jul 19, 1995 550.98 Oct 13, 1995 584.50
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Oct 16, 1995 583.03 Jan 12, 1996 601.81 Apr 10, 1996 633.50
Oct 17, 1995 586.78 Jan 15, 1996 599.82 Apr 11, 1996 631.18
Oct 18, 1995 587.44 Jan 16, 1996 608.44 Apr 12, 1996 636.71
Oct 19, 1995 590.65 Jan 17, 1996 606.37 Apr 15, 1996 642.49
Oct 20, 1995 587.46 Jan 18, 1996 608.24 Apr 16, 1996 645.00
Oct 23, 1995 585.06 Jan 19, 1996 611.83 Apr 17, 1996 641.61
Oct 24, 1995 586.56 Jan 22, 1996 613.40 Apr 18, 1996 643.61
Oct 25, 1995 582.47 Jan 23, 1996 612.79 Apr 19, 1996 645.07
Oct 26, 1995 576.72 Jan 24, 1996 619.96 Apr 22, 1996 647.89
Oct 27, 1995 579.70 Jan 25, 1996 617.03 Apr 23, 1996 651.58
Oct 30, 1995 583.25 Jan 26, 1996 621.62 Apr 24, 1996 650.17
Oct 31, 1995 581.50 Jan 29, 1996 624.22 Apr 25, 1996 652.87
Nov 1, 1995 584.22 Jan 30, 1996 630.15 Apr 26, 1996 653.46
Nov 2, 1995 589.72 Jan 31, 1996 636.02 Apr 29, 1996 654.16
Nov 3, 1995 590.57 Feb 1, 1996 638.46 Apr 30, 1996 654.17
Nov 6, 1995 588.46 Feb 2, 1996 635.85 May 1, 1996 654.58
Nov 7, 1995 586.32 Feb 5, 1996 641.43 May 2, 1996 643.38
Nov 8, 1995 591.71 Feb 6, 1996 646.33 May 3, 1996 641.63
Nov 9, 1995 593.26 Feb 7, 1996 649.93 May 6, 1996 640.81
Nov 10, 1995 592.72 Feb 8, 1996 656.07 May 7, 1996 638.26
Nov 13, 1995 592.30 Feb 9, 1996 656.37 May 8, 1996 644.78
Nov 14, 1995 589.29 Feb 12, 1996 661.45 May 9, 1996 645.44
Nov 15, 1995 593.96 Feb 13, 1996 660.51 May 10, 1996 652.09
Nov 16, 1995 597.34 Feb 14, 1996 655.58 May 13, 1996 661.51
Nov 17, 1995 600.07 Feb 15, 1996 651.32 May 14, 1996 665.60
Nov 20, 1995 596.85 Feb 16, 1996 647.98 May 15, 1996 665.42
Nov 21, 1995 600.24 Feb 20, 1996 640.65 May 16, 1996 664.85
Nov 22, 1995 598.40 Feb 21, 1996 648.10 May 17, 1996 668.91
Nov 24, 1995 599.97 Feb 22, 1996 658.86 May 20, 1996 673.15
Nov 27, 1995 601.32 Feb 23, 1996 659.08 May 21, 1996 672.76
Nov 28, 1995 606.45 Feb 26, 1996 650.46 May 22, 1996 678.42
Nov 29, 1995 607.64 Feb 27, 1996 647.24 May 23, 1996 676.00
Nov 30, 1995 605.37 Feb 28, 1996 644.75 May 24, 1996 678.51
Dec 1, 1995 606.98 Feb 29, 1996 640.43 May 28, 1996 672.23
Dec 4, 1995 613.68 Mar 1, 1996 644.37 May 29, 1996 667.93
Dec 5, 1995 617.68 Mar 4, 1996 650.81 May 30, 1996 671.70
Dec 6, 1995 620.18 Mar 5, 1996 655.79 May 31, 1996 669.12
Dec 7, 1995 616.17 Mar 6, 1996 652.00 Jun 3, 1996 667.68
Dec 8, 1995 617.48 Mar 7, 1996 653.65 Jun 4, 1996 672.56
Dec 11, 1995 619.52 Mar 8, 1996 633.50 Jun 5, 1996 678.44
Dec 12, 1995 618.78 Mar 11, 1996 640.02 Jun 6, 1996 673.03
Dec 13, 1995 621.69 Mar 12, 1996 637.09 Jun 7, 1996 673.31
Dec 14, 1995 616.92 Mar 13, 1996 638.55 Jun 10, 1996 672.16
Dec 15, 1995 616.34 Mar 14, 1996 640.87 Jun 11, 1996 670.97
Dec 18, 1995 606.81 Mar 15, 1996 641.43 Jun 12, 1996 669.04
Dec 19, 1995 611.93 Mar 18, 1996 652.65 Jun 13, 1996 667.92
Dec 20, 1995 605.94 Mar 19, 1996 651.69 Jun 14, 1996 665.85
Dec 21, 1995 610.49 Mar 20, 1996 649.98 Jun 17, 1996 665.16
Dec 22, 1995 611.95 Mar 21, 1996 649.19 Jun 18, 1996 662.06
Dec 26, 1995 614.30 Mar 22, 1996 650.62 Jun 19, 1996 661.96
Dec 27, 1995 614.53 Mar 25, 1996 650.04 Jun 20, 1996 662.10
Dec 28, 1995 614.12 Mar 26, 1996 652.97 Jun 21, 1996 666.84
Dec 29, 1995 615.93 Mar 27, 1996 648.91 Jun 24, 1996 668.85
Jan 2, 1996 620.73 Mar 28, 1996 648.94 Jun 25, 1996 668.48
Jan 3, 1996 621.32 Mar 29, 1996 645.50 Jun 26, 1996 664.39
Jan 4, 1996 617.70 Apr 1, 1996 653.73 Jun 27, 1996 668.55
Jan 5, 1996 616.72 Apr 2, 1996 655.26 Jun 28, 1996 670.63
Jan 8, 1996 618.46 Apr 3, 1996 655.88 Jul 1, 1996 675.88
Jan 9, 1996 609.45 Apr 4, 1996 655.86 Jul 2, 1996 673.61
Jan 10, 1996 598.48 Apr 8, 1996 644.24 Jul 3, 1996 672.40
Jan 11, 1996 602.69 Apr 9, 1996 642.19 Jul 5, 1996 657.44
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Jul 8, 1996 652.54 Oct 2, 1996 694.01 Dec 30, 1996 753.85
Jul 9, 1996 654.75 Oct 3, 1996 692.78 Dec 31, 1996 740.74
Jul 10, 1996 656.06 Oct 4, 1996 701.46 Jan 2, 1997 737.01
Jul 11, 1996 645.67 Oct 7, 1996 703.38 Jan 3, 1997 748.03
Jul 12, 1996 646.19 Oct 8, 1996 700.64 Jan 6, 1997 747.65
Jul 15, 1996 629.80 Oct 9, 1996 696.74 Jan 7, 1997 753.23
Jul 16, 1996 628.37 Oct 10, 1996 694.61 Jan 8, 1997 748.41
Jul 17, 1996 634.07 Oct 11, 1996 700.66 Jan 9, 1997 754.85
Jul 18, 1996 643.56 Oct 14, 1996 703.54 Jan 10, 1997 759.50
Jul 19, 1996 638.73 Oct 15, 1996 702.57 Jan 13, 1997 759.51
Jul 22, 1996 633.77 Oct 16, 1996 704.41 Jan 14, 1997 768.86
Jul 23, 1996 626.87 Oct 17, 1996 706.99 Jan 15, 1997 767.20
Jul 24, 1996 626.65 Oct 18, 1996 710.82 Jan 16, 1997 769.75
Jul 25, 1996 631.17 Oct 21, 1996 709.85 Jan 17, 1997 776.17
Jul 26, 1996 635.90 Oct 22, 1996 706.57 Jan 20, 1997 776.70
Jul 29, 1996 630.91 Oct 23, 1996 707.27 Jan 21, 1997 782.72
Jul 30, 1996 635.26 Oct 24, 1996 702.29 Jan 22, 1997 786.23
Jul 31, 1996 639.95 Oct 25, 1996 700.92 Jan 23, 1997 777.56
Aug 1, 1996 650.02 Oct 28, 1996 697.26 Jan 24, 1997 770.52
Aug 2, 1996 662.49 Oct 29, 1996 701.50 Jan 27, 1997 765.02
Aug 5, 1996 660.23 Oct 30, 1996 700.90 Jan 28, 1997 765.02
Aug 6, 1996 662.38 Oct 31, 1996 705.27 Jan 29, 1997 772.50
Aug 7, 1996 664.16 Nov 1, 1996 703.77 Jan 30, 1997 784.17
Aug 8, 1996 662.59 Nov 4, 1996 706.73 Jan 31, 1997 786.16
Aug 9, 1996 662.10 Nov 5, 1996 714.14 Feb 3, 1997 786.73
Aug 12, 1996 665.77 Nov 6, 1996 724.59 Feb 4, 1997 789.26
Aug 13, 1996 660.20 Nov 7, 1996 727.65 Feb 5, 1997 778.28
Aug 14, 1996 662.05 Nov 8, 1996 730.82 Feb 6, 1997 780.15
Aug 15, 1996 662.28 Nov 11, 1996 731.87 Feb 7, 1997 789.56
Aug 16, 1996 665.21 Nov 12, 1996 729.56 Feb 10, 1997 785.43
Aug 19, 1996 666.58 Nov 13, 1996 731.13 Feb 11, 1997 789.59
Aug 20, 1996 665.69 Nov 14, 1996 735.88 Feb 12, 1997 802.77
Aug 21, 1996 665.07 Nov 15, 1996 737.62 Feb 13, 1997 811.82
Aug 22, 1996 670.68 Nov 18, 1996 737.02 Feb 14, 1997 808.48
Aug 23, 1996 667.03 Nov 19, 1996 742.16 Feb 18, 1997 816.29
Aug 26, 1996 663.88 Nov 20, 1996 743.95 Feb 19, 1997 812.49
Aug 27, 1996 666.40 Nov 21, 1996 742.75 Feb 20, 1997 802.80
Aug 28, 1996 664.81 Nov 22, 1996 748.73 Feb 21, 1997 801.77
Aug 29, 1996 657.40 Nov 25, 1996 757.03 Feb 24, 1997 810.28
Aug 30, 1996 651.99 Nov 26, 1996 755.96 Feb 25, 1997 812.03
Sep 3, 1996 654.72 Nov 27, 1996 755.00 Feb 26, 1997 805.68
Sep 4, 1996 655.61 Nov 29, 1996 757.02 Feb 27, 1997 795.07
Sep 5, 1996 649.44 Dec 2, 1996 756.56 Feb 28, 1997 790.82
Sep 6, 1996 655.68 Dec 3, 1996 748.28 Mar 3, 1997 795.31
Sep 9, 1996 663.76 Dec 4, 1996 745.10 Mar 4, 1997 790.95
Sep 10, 1996 663.81 Dec 5, 1996 744.38 Mar 5, 1997 801.99
Sep 11, 1996 667.28 Dec 6, 1996 739.60 Mar 6, 1997 798.56
Sep 12, 1996 671.13 Dec 9, 1996 749.76 Mar 7, 1997 804.97
Sep 13, 1996 680.54 Dec 10, 1996 747.54 Mar 10, 1997 813.65
Sep 16, 1996 683.98 Dec 11, 1996 740.73 Mar 11, 1997 811.34
Sep 17, 1996 682.94 Dec 12, 1996 729.30 Mar 12, 1997 804.26
Sep 18, 1996 681.47 Dec 13, 1996 728.64 Mar 13, 1997 789.56
Sep 19, 1996 683.00 Dec 16, 1996 720.98 Mar 14, 1997 793.17
Sep 20, 1996 687.02 Dec 17, 1996 726.04 Mar 17, 1997 795.71
Sep 23, 1996 686.48 Dec 18, 1996 731.54 Mar 18, 1997 789.66
Sep 24, 1996 685.61 Dec 19, 1996 745.76 Mar 19, 1997 785.77
Sep 25, 1996 685.83 Dec 20, 1996 748.87 Mar 20, 1997 782.65
Sep 26, 1996 685.86 Dec 23, 1996 746.92 Mar 21, 1997 784.10
Sep 27, 1996 686.19 Dec 24, 1996 751.03 Mar 24, 1997 790.89
Sep 30, 1996 687.33 Dec 26, 1996 755.82 Mar 25, 1997 789.07
Oct 1, 1996 689.08 Dec 27, 1996 756.79 Mar 26, 1997 790.50
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ ------ ------------ ------ ------------ ------
Mar 27, 1997 773.88 Jun 24, 1997 896.34 Sep 19, 1997 950.51
Mar 31, 1997 757.12 Jun 25, 1997 888.99 Sep 22, 1997 955.43
Apr 1, 1997 759.64 Jun 26, 1997 883.68 Sep 23, 1997 951.93
Apr 2, 1997 750.11 Jun 27, 1997 887.30 Sep 24, 1997 944.48
Apr 3, 1997 750.32 Jun 30, 1997 885.14 Sep 25, 1997 937.91
Apr 4, 1997 757.90 Jul 1, 1997 891.03 Sep 26, 1997 945.22
Apr 7, 1997 762.13 Jul 2, 1997 904.03 Sep 29, 1997 953.34
Apr 8, 1997 766.12 Jul 3, 1997 916.92 Sep 30, 1997 947.28
Apr 9, 1997 760.60 Jul 7, 1997 912.20 Oct 1, 1997 955.41
Apr 10, 1997 758.34 Jul 8, 1997 918.75 Oct 2, 1997 960.46
Apr 11, 1997 737.65 Jul 9, 1997 907.54 Oct 3, 1997 965.03
Apr 14, 1997 743.73 Jul 10, 1997 913.78 Oct 6, 1997 972.69
Apr 15, 1997 754.72 Jul 11, 1997 916.68 Oct 7, 1997 983.12
Apr 16, 1997 763.53 Jul 14, 1997 918.38 Oct 8, 1997 973.84
Apr 17, 1997 761.77 Jul 15, 1997 925.76 Oct 9, 1997 970.62
Apr 18, 1997 766.34 Jul 16, 1997 936.59 Oct 10, 1997 966.98
Apr 21, 1997 760.37 Jul 17, 1997 931.61 Oct 13, 1997 968.10
Apr 22, 1997 774.61 Jul 18, 1997 915.30 Oct 14, 1997 970.28
Apr 23, 1997 773.64 Jul 21, 1997 912.94 Oct 15, 1997 965.72
Apr 24, 1997 771.18 Jul 22, 1997 933.98 Oct 16, 1997 955.23
Apr 25, 1997 765.37 Jul 23, 1997 936.56 Oct 17, 1997 944.16
Apr 28, 1997 772.96 Jul 24, 1997 940.28 Oct 20, 1997 955.61
Apr 29, 1997 794.05 Jul 25, 1997 938.79 Oct 21, 1997 972.28
Apr 30, 1997 801.34 Jul 28, 1997 936.45 Oct 22, 1997 968.49
May 1, 1997 798.53 Jul 29, 1997 942.29 Oct 23, 1997 950.69
May 2, 1997 812.97 Jul 30, 1997 952.29 Oct 24, 1997 941.64
May 5, 1997 830.29 Jul 31, 1997 954.31 Oct 27, 1997 876.99
May 6, 1997 827.76 Aug 1, 1997 947.14 Oct 28, 1997 921.85
May 7, 1997 815.62 Aug 4, 1997 950.30 Oct 29, 1997 919.16
May 8, 1997 820.26 Aug 5, 1997 952.37 Oct 30, 1997 903.68
May 9, 1997 824.78 Aug 6, 1997 960.32 Oct 31, 1997 914.62
May 12, 1997 837.66 Aug 7, 1997 951.19 Nov 3, 1997 938.99
May 13, 1997 833.13 Aug 8, 1997 933.54 Nov 4, 1997 940.76
May 14, 1997 836.04 Aug 11, 1997 937.00 Nov 5, 1997 942.76
May 15, 1997 841.88 Aug 12, 1997 926.53 Nov 6, 1997 938.03
May 16, 1997 829.75 Aug 13, 1997 922.02 Nov 7, 1997 927.51
May 19, 1997 833.27 Aug 14, 1997 924.77 Nov 10, 1997 921.13
May 20, 1997 841.66 Aug 15, 1997 900.81 Nov 11, 1997 923.78
May 21, 1997 839.35 Aug 18, 1997 912.49 Nov 12, 1997 905.96
May 22, 1997 835.66 Aug 19, 1997 926.01 Nov 13, 1997 916.66
May 23, 1997 847.03 Aug 20, 1997 939.35 Nov 14, 1997 928.35
May 27, 1997 849.71 Aug 21, 1997 925.05 Nov 17, 1997 946.20
May 28, 1997 847.21 Aug 22, 1997 923.54 Nov 18, 1997 938.23
May 29, 1997 844.08 Aug 25, 1997 920.16 Nov 19, 1997 944.59
May 30, 1997 848.28 Aug 26, 1997 913.02 Nov 20, 1997 958.98
Jun 2, 1997 846.36 Aug 27, 1997 913.70 Nov 21, 1997 963.09
Jun 3, 1997 845.48 Aug 28, 1997 903.67 Nov 24, 1997 946.67
Jun 4, 1997 840.11 Aug 29, 1997 899.47 Nov 25, 1997 950.82
Jun 5, 1997 843.43 Sep 2, 1997 927.58 Nov 26, 1997 951.64
Jun 6, 1997 858.01 Sep 3, 1997 927.86 Nov 28, 1997 955.40
Jun 9, 1997 862.91 Sep 4, 1997 930.87 Dec 1, 1997 974.77
Jun 10, 1997 865.27 Sep 5, 1997 929.05 Dec 2, 1997 971.68
Jun 11, 1997 869.57 Sep 8, 1997 931.20 Dec 3, 1997 976.77
Jun 12, 1997 883.46 Sep 9, 1997 933.62 Dec 4, 1997 973.10
Jun 13, 1997 893.27 Sep 10, 1997 919.03 Dec 5, 1997 983.79
Jun 16, 1997 893.90 Sep 11, 1997 912.59 Dec 8, 1997 982.37
Jun 17, 1997 894.43 Sep 12, 1997 923.91 Dec 9, 1997 975.78
Jun 18, 1997 889.10 Sep 15, 1997 919.77 Dec 10, 1997 969.79
Jun 19, 1997 897.99 Sep 16, 1997 945.64 Dec 11, 1997 954.94
Jun 20, 1997 898.70 Sep 17, 1997 943.00 Dec 12, 1997 953.39
Jun 23, 1997 878.62 Sep 18, 1997 947.29 Dec 15, 1997 963.39
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ -------- ------------ -------- ------------ --------
Dec 16, 1997 968.04 Mar 17, 1998 1,080.45 Jun 12, 1998 1,098.84
Dec 17, 1997 965.54 Mar 18, 1998 1,085.52 Jun 15, 1998 1,077.01
Dec 18, 1997 955.30 Mar 19, 1998 1,089.74 Jun 16, 1998 1,087.59
Dec 19, 1997 946.78 Mar 20, 1998 1,099.16 Jun 17, 1998 1,107.11
Dec 22, 1997 953.70 Mar 23, 1998 1,095.55 Jun 18, 1998 1,106.37
Dec 23, 1997 939.13 Mar 24, 1998 1,105.65 Jun 19, 1998 1,100.65
Dec 24, 1997 932.70 Mar 25, 1998 1,101.93 Jun 22, 1998 1,103.24
Dec 26, 1997 936.46 Mar 26, 1998 1,100.80 Jun 23, 1998 1,119.49
Dec 29, 1997 953.35 Mar 27, 1998 1,095.44 Jun 24, 1998 1,132.88
Dec 30, 1997 970.84 Mar 30, 1998 1,093.55 Jun 25, 1998 1,129.28
Dec 31, 1997 970.43 Mar 31, 1998 1,101.75 Jun 26, 1998 1,133.20
Jan 2, 1998 975.04 Apr 1, 1998 1,108.15 Jun 29, 1998 1,138.49
Jan 5, 1998 977.07 Apr 2, 1998 1,120.01 Jun 30, 1998 1,133.84
Jan 6, 1998 966.58 Apr 3, 1998 1,122.70 Jul 1, 1998 1,148.56
Jan 7, 1998 964.00 Apr 6, 1998 1,121.39 Jul 2, 1998 1,146.42
Jan 8, 1998 956.05 Apr 7, 1998 1,109.55 Jul 6, 1998 1,157.31
Jan 9, 1998 927.69 Apr 8, 1998 1,101.65 Jul 7, 1998 1,154.66
Jan 12, 1998 939.21 Apr 9, 1998 1,110.67 Jul 8, 1998 1,166.37
Jan 13, 1998 952.12 Apr 13, 1998 1,109.69 Jul 9, 1998 1,158.56
Jan 14, 1998 957.94 Apr 14, 1998 1,115.75 Jul 10, 1998 1,164.33
Jan 15, 1998 950.73 Apr 15, 1998 1,119.32 Jul 13, 1998 1,165.19
Jan 16, 1998 961.51 Apr 16, 1998 1,108.17 Jul 14, 1998 1,177.58
Jan 20, 1998 978.60 Apr 17, 1998 1,122.72 Jul 15, 1998 1,174.81
Jan 21, 1998 970.81 Apr 20, 1998 1,123.65 Jul 16, 1998 1,183.99
Jan 22, 1998 963.04 Apr 21, 1998 1,126.67 Jul 17, 1998 1,186.75
Jan 23, 1998 957.59 Apr 22, 1998 1,130.54 Jul 20, 1998 1,184.10
Jan 26, 1998 956.95 Apr 23, 1998 1,119.58 Jul 21, 1998 1,165.07
Jan 27, 1998 969.02 Apr 24, 1998 1,107.90 Jul 22, 1998 1,164.08
Jan 28, 1998 977.46 Apr 27, 1998 1,086.54 Jul 23, 1998 1,139.75
Jan 29, 1998 985.49 Apr 28, 1998 1,085.11 Jul 24, 1998 1,140.80
Jan 30, 1998 980.28 Apr 29, 1998 1,094.63 Jul 27, 1998 1,147.27
Feb 2, 1998 1,001.27 Apr 30, 1998 1,111.77 Jul 28, 1998 1,130.24
Feb 3, 1998 1,006.00 May 1, 1998 1,121.00 Jul 29, 1998 1,125.21
Feb 4, 1998 1,006.90 May 4, 1998 1,122.07 Jul 30, 1998 1,142.95
Feb 5, 1998 1,003.54 May 5, 1998 1,115.65 Jul 31, 1998 1,120.67
Feb 6, 1998 1,012.46 May 6, 1998 1,104.92 Aug 3, 1998 1,112.44
Feb 9, 1998 1,010.74 May 7, 1998 1,095.14 Aug 4, 1998 1,072.12
Feb 10, 1998 1,019.01 May 8, 1998 1,108.14 Aug 5, 1998 1,081.43
Feb 11, 1998 1,020.01 May 11, 1998 1,106.64 Aug 6, 1998 1,089.63
Feb 12, 1998 1,024.14 May 12, 1998 1,115.79 Aug 7, 1998 1,089.45
Feb 13, 1998 1,020.09 May 13, 1998 1,118.86 Aug 10, 1998 1,083.14
Feb 17, 1998 1,022.76 May 14, 1998 1,117.37 Aug 11, 1998 1,068.98
Feb 18, 1998 1,032.08 May 15, 1998 1,108.73 Aug 12, 1998 1,084.22
Feb 19, 1998 1,028.28 May 18, 1998 1,105.82 Aug 13, 1998 1,074.91
Feb 20, 1998 1,034.21 May 19, 1998 1,109.52 Aug 14, 1998 1,062.75
Feb 23, 1998 1,038.14 May 20, 1998 1,119.06 Aug 17, 1998 1,083.67
Feb 24, 1998 1,030.56 May 21, 1998 1,114.64 Aug 18, 1998 1,101.20
Feb 25, 1998 1,042.90 May 22, 1998 1,110.47 Aug 19, 1998 1,098.06
Feb 26, 1998 1,048.67 May 26, 1998 1,094.02 Aug 20, 1998 1,091.60
Feb 27, 1998 1,049.34 May 27, 1998 1,092.23 Aug 21, 1998 1,081.18
Mar 2, 1998 1,047.70 May 28, 1998 1,097.60 Aug 24, 1998 1,088.14
Mar 3, 1998 1,052.02 May 29, 1998 1,090.82 Aug 25, 1998 1,092.86
Mar 4, 1998 1,047.33 Jun 1, 1998 1,090.98 Aug 26, 1998 1,084.19
Mar 5, 1998 1,035.05 Jun 2, 1998 1,093.03 Aug 27, 1998 1,042.59
Mar 6, 1998 1,055.69 Jun 3, 1998 1,082.73 Aug 28, 1998 1,027.25
Mar 9, 1998 1,052.31 Jun 4, 1998 1,094.83 Aug 31, 1998 957.53
Mar 10, 1998 1,064.25 Jun 5, 1998 1,113.86 Sep 1, 1998 994.24
Mar 11, 1998 1,068.47 Jun 8, 1998 1,115.72 Sep 2, 1998 990.48
Mar 12, 1998 1,069.92 Jun 9, 1998 1,118.41 Sep 3, 1998 982.26
Mar 13, 1998 1,068.61 Jun 10, 1998 1,112.28 Sep 4, 1998 973.89
Mar 16, 1998 1,079.27 Jun 11, 1998 1,094.58 Sep 8, 1998 1,023.46
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
------------ -------- ------------ -------- -------------- --------
Sep 9, 1998 1,006.20 Dec 4, 1998 1,176.74 Mar 5, 1999 1,275.47
Sep 10, 1998 980.19 Dec 7, 1998 1,187.70 Mar 8, 1999 1,282.73
Sep 11, 1998 1,009.06 Dec 8, 1998 1,181.38 Mar 9, 1999 1,279.84
Sep 14, 1998 1,029.72 Dec 9, 1998 1,183.49 Mar 10, 1999 1,286.84
Sep 15, 1998 1,037.68 Dec 10, 1998 1,165.02 Mar 11, 1999 1,297.68
Sep 16, 1998 1,045.48 Dec 11, 1998 1,166.46 Mar 12, 1999 1,294.59
Sep 17, 1998 1,018.87 Dec 14, 1998 1,141.20 Mar 15, 1999 1,307.26
Sep 18, 1998 1,020.09 Dec 15, 1998 1,162.83 Mar 16, 1999 1,306.36
Sep 21, 1998 1,023.89 Dec 16, 1998 1,161.97 Mar 17, 1999 1,297.82
Sep 22, 1998 1,029.63 Dec 17, 1998 1,179.98 Mar 18, 1999 1,316.55
Sep 23, 1998 1,066.09 Dec 18, 1998 1,188.03 Mar 19, 1999 1,299.29
Sep 24, 1998 1,042.72 Dec 21, 1998 1,202.84 Mar 22, 1999 1,297.01
Sep 25, 1998 1,044.75 Dec 22, 1998 1,203.57 Mar 23, 1999 1,262.14
Sep 28, 1998 1,048.69 Dec 23, 1998 1,228.54 Mar 24, 1999 1,268.59
Sep 29, 1998 1,049.02 Dec 24, 1998 1,226.27 Mar 25, 1999 1,289.99
Sep 30, 1998 1,017.05 Dec 28, 1998 1,225.49 Mar 26, 1999 1,282.80
Oct 1, 1998 986.39 Dec 29, 1998 1,241.81 Mar 29, 1999 1,310.17
Oct 2, 1998 1,002.60 Dec 30, 1998 1,231.93 Mar 30, 1999 1,300.75
Oct 5, 1998 988.56 Dec 31, 1998 1,229.23 Mar 31, 1999 1,286.37
Oct 6, 1998 984.59 Jan 4, 1999 1,228.10 Apr 1, 1999 1,293.72
Oct 7, 1998 970.68 Jan 5, 1999 1,244.78 Apr 5, 1999 1,321.12
Oct 8, 1998 959.44 Jan 6, 1999 1,272.34 Apr 6, 1999 1,317.89
Oct 9, 1998 984.39 Jan 7, 1999 1,269.73 Apr 7, 1999 1,326.89
Oct 12, 1998 997.71 Jan 8, 1999 1,275.09 Apr 8, 1999 1,343.98
Oct 13, 1998 994.80 Jan 11, 1999 1,263.88 Apr 9, 1999 1,348.35
Oct 14, 1998 1,005.53 Jan 12, 1999 1,239.51 Apr 12, 1999 1,358.63
Oct 15, 1998 1,047.49 Jan 13, 1999 1,234.40 Apr 13, 1999 1,349.82
Oct 16, 1998 1,056.42 Jan 14, 1999 1,212.19 Apr 14, 1999 1,328.44
Oct 19, 1998 1,062.39 Jan 15, 1999 1,243.26 Apr 15, 1999 1,322.85
Oct 20, 1998 1,063.93 Jan 19, 1999 1,250.89 Apr 16, 1999 1,319.00
Oct 21, 1998 1,069.92 Jan 20, 1999 1,256.62 Apr 19, 1999 1,289.48
Oct 22, 1998 1,078.48 Jan 21, 1999 1,235.16 Apr 20, 1999 1,306.17
Oct 23, 1998 1,070.67 Jan 22, 1999 1,225.19 Apr 21, 1999 1,336.12
Oct 26, 1998 1,072.32 Jan 25, 1999 1,233.98 Apr 22, 1999 1,358.83
Oct 27, 1998 1,065.34 Jan 26, 1999 1,252.31 Apr 23, 1999 1,356.85
Oct 28, 1998 1,068.09 Jan 27, 1999 1,243.19 Apr 26, 1999 1,360.04
Oct 29, 1998 1,085.93 Jan 28, 1999 1,265.37 Apr 27, 1999 1,362.80
Oct 30, 1998 1,098.67 Jan 29, 1999 1,279.64 Apr 28, 1999 1,350.91
Nov 2, 1998 1,111.60 Feb 1, 1999 1,273.00 Apr 29, 1999 1,342.83
Nov 3, 1998 1,110.84 Feb 2, 1999 1,261.99 Apr 30, 1999 1,335.18
Nov 4, 1998 1,118.67 Feb 3, 1999 1,272.07 May 3, 1999 1,354.63
Nov 5, 1998 1,133.68 Feb 4, 1999 1,248.49 May 4, 1999 1,332.00
Nov 6, 1998 1,141.01 Feb 5, 1999 1,239.40 May 5, 1999 1,347.31
Nov 9, 1998 1,130.20 Feb 8, 1999 1,243.77 May 6, 1999 1,332.05
Nov 10, 1998 1,128.26 Feb 9, 1999 1,216.14 May 7, 1999 1,345.00
Nov 11, 1998 1,120.97 Feb 10, 1999 1,223.55 May 10, 1999 1,340.30
Nov 12, 1998 1,117.69 Feb 11, 1999 1,254.04 May 11, 1999 1,355.61
Nov 13, 1998 1,125.72 Feb 12, 1999 1,230.13 May 12, 1999 1,364.00
Nov 16, 1998 1,135.86 Feb 16, 1999 1,241.87 May 13, 1999 1,367.56
Nov 17, 1998 1,139.32 Feb 17, 1999 1,224.03 May 14, 1999 1,337.80
Nov 18, 1998 1,144.48 Feb 18, 1999 1,237.28 May 17, 1999 1,339.49
Nov 19, 1998 1,152.61 Feb 19, 1999 1,239.19 May 18, 1999 1,333.32
Nov 20, 1998 1,163.55 Feb 22, 1999 1,272.14 May 19, 1999 1,344.23
Nov 23, 1998 1,188.21 Feb 23, 1999 1,271.18 May 20, 1999 1,338.83
Nov 24, 1998 1,182.99 Feb 24, 1999 1,253.41 May 21, 1999 1,330.29
Nov 25, 1998 1,186.87 Feb 25, 1999 1,245.02 May 24, 1999 1,306.65
Nov 27, 1998 1,192.29 Feb 26, 1999 1,238.33 May 25, 1999 1,284.40
Nov 30, 1998 1,163.63 Mar 1, 1999 1,236.16 May 26, 1999 1,304.76
Dec 1, 1998 1,175.28 Mar 2, 1999 1,225.50 May 27, 1999 1,281.41
Dec 2, 1998 1,171.25 Mar 3, 1999 1,227.70 May 28, 1999 1,301.84
Dec 3, 1998 1,150.14 Mar 4, 1999 1,246.64 Jun 1, 1999 1,294.26
Appendix B
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STANDARD & POOR'S 500 STOCK INDEX
Date S&P500 Date S&P500 Date S&P500
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Jun 2, 1999 1,294.81 Aug 27, 1999 1,348.27 Nov 23, 1999 1,404.64
Jun 3, 1999 1,299.54 Aug 30, 1999 1,324.02 Nov 24, 1999 1,417.08
Jun 4, 1999 1,327.75 Aug 31, 1999 1,320.41 Nov 26, 1999 1,416.62
Jun 7, 1999 1,334.52 Sep 1, 1999 1,331.07 Nov 29, 1999 1,407.83
Jun 8, 1999 1,317.33 Sep 2, 1999 1,319.11 Nov 30, 1999 1,388.91
Jun 9, 1999 1,318.64 Sep 3, 1999 1,357.24 Dec 1, 1999 1,397.72
Jun 10, 1999 1,302.82 Sep 7, 1999 1,350.45 Dec 2, 1999 1,409.04
Jun 11, 1999 1,293.64 Sep 8, 1999 1,344.15 Dec 3, 1999 1,433.30
Jun 14, 1999 1,294.00 Sep 9, 1999 1,347.66 Dec 6, 1999 1,423.34
Jun 15, 1999 1,301.16 Sep 10, 1999 1,351.66 Dec 7, 1999 1,409.17
Jun 16, 1999 1,330.41 Sep 13, 1999 1,344.13 Dec 8, 1999 1,403.88
Jun 17, 1999 1,339.90 Sep 14, 1999 1,336.29 Dec 9, 1999 1,408.11
Jun 18, 1999 1,342.84 Sep 15, 1999 1,317.97 Dec 10, 1999 1,417.04
Jun 21, 1999 1,349.00 Sep 16, 1999 1,318.48 Dec 13, 1999 1,415.22
Jun 22, 1999 1,335.88 Sep 17, 1999 1,335.42 Dec 14, 1999 1,403.17
Jun 23, 1999 1,333.06 Sep 20, 1999 1,335.53 Dec 15, 1999 1,413.33
Jun 24, 1999 1,315.78 Sep 21, 1999 1,307.58 Dec 16, 1999 1,418.78
Jun 25, 1999 1,315.31 Sep 22, 1999 1,310.51 Dec 17, 1999 1,421.05
Jun 28, 1999 1,331.35 Sep 23, 1999 1,280.41 Dec 20, 1999 1,418.09
Jun 29, 1999 1,351.45 Sep 24, 1999 1,277.36 Dec 21, 1999 1,433.43
Jun 30, 1999 1,372.71 Sep 27, 1999 1,283.31 Dec 22, 1999 1,436.13
Jul 1, 1999 1,380.96 Sep 28, 1999 1,282.20 Dec 23, 1999 1,458.34
Jul 2, 1999 1,391.22 Sep 29, 1999 1,268.37 Dec 27, 1999 1,457.09
Jul 6, 1999 1,388.12 Sep 30, 1999 1,282.71 Dec 28, 1999 1,457.66
Jul 7, 1999 1,395.86 Oct 1, 1999 1,282.81 Dec 29, 1999 1,463.46
Jul 8, 1999 1,394.42 Oct 4, 1999 1,304.60 Dec 30, 1999 1,464.47
Jul 9, 1999 1,403.28 Oct 5, 1999 1,301.35 Dec 31, 1999 1,469.25
Jul 12, 1999 1,399.10 Oct 6, 1999 1,325.40 Jan 3, 2000 1,455.22
Jul 13, 1999 1,393.56 Oct 7, 1999 1,317.64 Jan 4, 2000 1,399.42
Jul 14, 1999 1,398.17 Oct 8, 1999 1,336.02 Jan 5, 2000 1,402.11
Jul 15, 1999 1,409.62 Oct 11, 1999 1,335.21 Jan 6, 2000 1,403.45
Jul 16, 1999 1,418.78 Oct 12, 1999 1,313.04 Jan 7, 2000 1,441.47
Jul 19, 1999 1,407.65 Oct 13, 1999 1,285.55 Jan 10, 2000 1,457.60
Jul 20, 1999 1,377.10 Oct 14, 1999 1,283.42 Jan 11, 2000 1,438.56
Jul 21, 1999 1,379.29 Oct 15, 1999 1,247.41 Jan 12, 2000 1,432.25
Jul 22, 1999 1,360.97 Oct 18, 1999 1,254.13 Jan 13, 2000 1,449.68
Jul 23, 1999 1,356.94 Oct 19, 1999 1,261.32 Jan 14, 2000 1,465.15
Jul 26, 1999 1,347.76 Oct 20, 1999 1,289.43 Jan 18, 2000 1,455.14
Jul 27, 1999 1,362.84 Oct 21, 1999 1,283.61 Jan 19, 2000 1,455.90
Jul 28, 1999 1,365.40 Oct 22, 1999 1,301.65 Jan 20, 2000 1,445.57
Jul 29, 1999 1,341.03 Oct 25, 1999 1,293.63 Jan 21, 2000 1,441.36
Jul 30, 1999 1,328.72 Oct 26, 1999 1,281.91 Jan 24, 2000 1,401.53
Aug 2, 1999 1,328.05 Oct 27, 1999 1,296.71 Jan 25, 2000 1,410.03
Aug 3, 1999 1,322.18 Oct 28, 1999 1,342.44 Jan 26, 2000 1,404.09
Aug 4, 1999 1,305.33 Oct 29, 1999 1,362.93 Jan 27, 2000 1,398.56
Aug 5, 1999 1,313.71 Nov 1, 1999 1,354.12 Jan 28, 2000 1,360.16
Aug 6, 1999 1,300.29 Nov 2, 1999 1,347.74 Jan 31, 2000 1,394.46
Aug 9, 1999 1,297.80 Nov 3, 1999 1,354.93
Aug 10, 1999 1,281.43 Nov 4, 1999 1,362.64
Aug 11, 1999 1,301.93 Nov 5, 1999 1,370.23
Aug 12, 1999 1,298.16 Nov 8, 1999 1,377.01
Aug 13, 1999 1,327.68 Nov 9, 1999 1,365.28
Aug 16, 1999 1,330.77 Nov 10, 1999 1,373.46
Aug 17, 1999 1,344.16 Nov 11, 1999 1,381.46
Aug 18, 1999 1,332.84 Nov 12, 1999 1,396.06
Aug 19, 1999 1,323.59 Nov 15, 1999 1,394.39
Aug 20, 1999 1,336.61 Nov 16, 1999 1,420.03
Aug 23, 1999 1,360.22 Nov 17, 1999 1,410.71
Aug 24, 1999 1,363.50 Nov 18, 1999 1,424.94
Aug 25, 1999 1,381.79 Nov 19, 1999 1,422.00
Aug 26, 1999 1,362.01 Nov 22, 1999 1,420.94
Appendix B
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits
---------------------------------
(a) Financial Statements.
Included in Part A of the Registration Statement:
For the Permanent Portfolio:
Financial Highlights for each share outstanding for the
years ended January 31, 1996 through 2000.
For the Treasury Bill Portfolio:
Financial Highlights for each share outstanding for the
years ended January 31, 1996 through 2000.
For the Versatile Bond Portfolio:
Financial Highlights for each share outstanding for the
years ended January 31, 1996 through 2000.
For the Aggressive Growth Portfolio:
Financial Highlights for each share outstanding for the
years ended January 31, 1996 through 2000.
Included in Part B of the Registration Statement:
For the Permanent Portfolio:
Schedule of Investments at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended January 31, 2000.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended
January 31, 1999 and 2000.
For the Treasury Bill Portfolio:
Schedule of Investments at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended January 31, 2000.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended
January 31, 1999 and 2000.
For the Versatile Bond Portfolio:
Schedule of Investments at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended January 31, 2000.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended
January 31, 1999 and 2000.
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For the Aggressive Growth Portfolio:
Schedule of Investments at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at January 31, 2000.
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended January 31, 2000.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended
January 31, 1999 and 2000.
For all Portfolios:
Notes to Financial Statements.
Independent Auditors' Report of Tait, Weller & Baker.
Schedules Omitted:
Required schedules are included in Registrant's Reports.
(b) Exhibits.
(1.1) Copy of Articles of Incorporation of Registrant. (a)
(1.2) Copy of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of
Registrant. (f)
(2.1) Copy of Bylaws (a) and Amendments to Bylaws (d) of
Registrant.
(2.2) Copy of Amendment to Bylaws of Registrant. (j)
(2.3) Copy of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant. (n)
(3) None.
(4) Specimen copy of Common Stock of Registrant. (a)
(5) Copy of Investment Advisory Contract by and between
Registrant and World Money Managers dated June 19, 1996.
(q)
(6) None.
(7) None.
(8.1) Copy of Custodian Contract by and between Registrant and
State Street Bank and Trust Company. (c)
(8.2) Copy of Sub-Custodian Contract by and between State
Street Bank and Trust Company and Bank of Delaware.(e)
(8.3) Copy of Sub-Custodian Contract by and between The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A. and State Street Bank and Trust
Company. (e)
(8.4) Copy of Agreement by and between The Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A. and Registrant. (f)
(8.5) Copy of Amendment to Custodian Contract by and between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company. (h)
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(8.6) Copy of Amendment to Custodian Contract by and between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company. (p)
(9.1) Copy of Transfer Agent Agreement by and between
Registrant and AIM Financial Services, Inc. (f)
(9.2) Copy of Administrative Agreement by and between World
Money Managers and Permanent Portfolio Information,
Inc.(f)
(10) Opinion and Consent of Richard B. Rolnick, Esq., filed
with respect to the Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933. (l)
(11) Consent and Report of Ernst & Young, Independent
Auditors. (o)
(11.1) Consent and Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
Auditors. (p)
(11.2) Consent and Report of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
(11.3) Consent of Tait, Weller & Baker, Independent Auditors.
(12) None.
(13) None.
(14) Copy of prototype of Individual Retirement Account
Custodial Account Agreement to be entered into by those
of Registrant's shareholders who so desire and
Registrant's Custodian. (g)
(14.1) Copy of Universal Individual Retirement Account
Information Kit for Traditional and Roth IRAs, including
Adoption Agreement and Transfer Form, effective January
1, 1998, to be entered into by those of Registrant's,
shareholders who so desire & Registrant's Custodian. (r)
(14.2) Copy of Retirement Plan Custodial Services Agreement
by and between Registrant and State Street Bank & Trust
Company dated October 21, 1999.
(15) None.
(16) Schedules of Calculations of Performance Data.
(17) None
(18) Code of Ethics of Registrant and World Money Managers.
-----------------
(a) Filed as Exhibits (1), (2) and (4), respectively, to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1, filed with the Commission on
January 12, 1982, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(c) Filed as Exhibit (8) to Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1, filed with the Commission on July 8, 1982, and
incorporated herein by this reference.
(d) Filed as Exhibit (2) to Amendment No. 3 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1, filed with the Commission on October 12, 1982,
and incorporated herein by this reference.
(e) Filed as Exhibit (8) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on
April 1, 1985, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(f) Filed as Exhibits (1), (8) and (9), respectively, to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
filed with the Commission on March 7, 1986, and incorporated herein by
this reference.
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(g) Filed as Exhibit (14) to Registrant's Annual Report on Form N-1R for
the year ended December 31, 1983 and the month ended January 31, 1984,
and incorporated herein by this reference.
(h) Filed as Exhibit (8) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Commission on
March 17, 1987, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(i) Filed as Exhibit (10) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on March 31, 1988, and incorporated herein by this
reference.
(j) Filed as Exhibit (2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on May 31, 1990, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(l) Filed as Exhibit (10) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on July 29, 1991, and incorporated herein by this
reference.
(n) Filed as Exhibit (2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on June 1, 1993, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(o) Filed as Exhibit (11) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on April 5, 1994, and incorporated herein by this
reference.
(p) Filed as Exhibits (8) and (11), respectively, to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
filed with the Commission on May 31, 1995, and incorporated herein by
this reference.
(q) Filed as Exhibit (5) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on July 3, 1997, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(r) Filed as Exhibit (14.1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the
Commission on July 26, 1999, and incorporated herein by this
reference.
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Item 25. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant
-------------------------------------------------------------
None.
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities
-------------------------------
The number of record holders of the only class of securities of
Registrant issued and outstanding as of May 5, 2000 was as
follows:
Title of Class Number of Record Holders
----------------------------- ------------------------
Common Stock, $.001 par value:
Permanent Portfolio 2,737
Treasury Bill Portfolio 2,317
Versatile Bond Portfolio 451
Aggressive Growth Portfolio 822
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Total 6,327
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Item 27. Indemnification
---------------
Reference is made to Part One, Paragraph (5) of the Investment
Advisory Contract filed as Exhibit (5) hereto.
Reference is made to Section 2-418 of the Maryland Corporations
and Associations Law, which generally provides for indemnification
of directors, officers, employees and agents by reason of service
in that capacity unless it is established that the act or omission
of the person was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding, and was committed in bad faith or was the result of
active or deliberate dishonesty, or the person actually received
an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or,
in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable
cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
Reference is made to Article VIII of the Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Registrant filed as Exhibit (2.3) hereto.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or
controlling persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
----------------------------------------------------
See "Management" in the Prospectus included as part A of this
Registration Statement and "Organization and Management" in the
Statement of Additional Information included as part B of this
Registration Statement.
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Item 29. Principal Underwriters
----------------------
(a) None.
(b) None.
(c) None.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
--------------------------------
Accounts, books and other documents required by Section 31(a) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Rules 31a-1
and 31a-2 promulgated thereunder are maintained and held in the
offices of Registrant and its Investment Adviser, 625 Second
Street, Suite 102, Petaluma, California 94952.
Records covering shareholder accounts are maintained and kept by
Registrant's Transfer Agent, Chase Global Funds Services Company,
73 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.
Records covering portfolio transactions are maintained and kept by
Registrant's Custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company, The
Joseph Palmer Building-North Wing, One Heritage Drive, North
Quincy, Massachusetts 02171.
Item 31. Management Services
-------------------
Inapplicable.
Item 32. Undertakings
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Inapplicable.
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SIGNATURES
----------
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940 the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Petaluma, and State of California on the 30th day of
May, 2000.
PERMANENT PORTFOLIO FAMILY OF FUNDS, INC.
By TERRY COXON
-----------------------------------
Terry Coxon, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registration Statement has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 30, 2000.
*DAVID P. BERGLAND Director
-----------------------------
David P. Bergland
*HUGH A. BUTLER Director
-----------------------------
Hugh A. Butler
TERRY COXON President and Director
----------------------------- (principal executive officer)
Terry Coxon
MICHAEL J. CUGGINO Treasurer and Director
----------------------------- (principal financial and accounting officer)
Michael J. Cuggino
ROBERT B. MARTIN, JR. Secretary and Director
-----------------------------
Robert B. Martin, Jr.
*MARK TIER Director
-----------------------------
Mark Tier
*By: TERRY COXON
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Terry Coxon, Attorney-in-fact
